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Risk factors of nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among health care staff in a teaching hospital in central Saudi Arabia
Ohoud S. Al-Humaidan, Talat A. El-Kersh and Raid A. Al-Akeel
Saudi Medical Journal September 2015, 36 (9) 1084-1090; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.9.12460
Ohoud S. Al-Humaidan
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
BSc, MScTalat A. El-Kersh
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MSc, PhDRaid A. Al-Akeel
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MSc, PhD![Loading Loading](https://smj.org.sa/sites/all/modules/contrib/panels_ajax_tab/images/loading.gif)
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- Received May 26, 2015
- Accepted August 3, 2015
- Published online September 1, 2015.
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- Ohoud S. Al-Humaidan, BSc, MSc⇑,
- Talat A. El-Kersh, MSc, PhD and
- Raid A. Al-Akeel, MSc, PhD
- From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Address correspondence and reprint request to: Ms. Ohoud S. Al-Humaidan, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, PO Box 10219, Riyadh 11433, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: oalhumaidan{at}ksu.edu.sa
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Risk factors of nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among health care staff in a teaching hospital in central Saudi Arabia
Ohoud S. Al-Humaidan, Talat A. El-Kersh, Raid A. Al-Akeel
Saudi Medical Journal Sep 2015, 36 (9) 1084-1090; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.9.12460
Risk factors of nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among health care staff in a teaching hospital in central Saudi Arabia
Ohoud S. Al-Humaidan, Talat A. El-Kersh, Raid A. Al-Akeel
Saudi Medical Journal Sep 2015, 36 (9) 1084-1090; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.9.12460
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