Predicting the Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carrier State: Derivation and Validation of a “Culture Rule”

Background. To study determinants and risks of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage, adequate differentiation between the different S. aureus carrier states is obligatory. We set out to develop a “culture rule” capable of differentiating between persistent and intermittent or noncarriers that uses a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2004-09, Vol.39 (6), p.806-811
Hauptverfasser:	Nouwen, Jan L., Ott, Alewijn, Kluytmans-Vandenbergh, Marjolein F. Q., Boelens, Hélène A. M., Hofman, Albert, van Belkum, Alex, Verbrugh, Henri A.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Bacterial diseases Bacteriological Techniques Biological and medical sciences Carrier State - diagnosis Carrier State - epidemiology Cultural values Female Geometric mean Human bacterial diseases Humans Infections Infectious diseases Logistic regression Major Articles Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Modeling Nasal carriers Nasal Cavity - microbiology Older adults Predictive Value of Tests Reproducibility of Results Risk Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections Staphylococcus Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
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