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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, MSc
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Talat A. El-Kersh
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MSc, PhD
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Raid 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
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