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Mari M Nakamura1, Alexander J McAdam, Thomas J Sandora, Katharina R Moreira, Grace M Lee.
Abstract
Sensitive detection of Staphylococcus aureus colonization is important for epidemiologic studies, infection control, and decolonization measures. We examined the sensitivity of nasal and pharyngeal sampling for S. aureus colonization in 331 children admitted to intensive care units. Pharyngeal screening was more sensitive than nasal screening (92.6% versus 63.1%, P < 0.0001).Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20573867 PMCID: PMC2916627 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00547-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948