The role of patients and healthcare workers Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in occurrence of surgical site infection among patients admitted in two centers in Tanzania

Abstract Background Colonization with Staphylococcus aureus has been identified as a risk for subsequent occurrence of infection. This study investigated the relationship between S. aureus colonization of patients and healthcare workers (HCWs), and subsequent surgical site infections (SSI). Methods...

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Main Authors: Nyambura Moremi, Heike Claus, Ulrich Vogel, Stephen E. Mshana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-019-0554-y