Necessity of screening of both the nose and the throat to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in patients upon admission to an intensive care unit.
Widmer
Andreas F
AF
Mertz
Dominik
D
Frei
R
R
D002353:Carrier State / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*