Acceso abierto·Documento·2021·Inglés

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization Among Health Care Workers of a Tertiary Hospital in Ecuador and Associated Risk Factors

Isabel Baroja; Sara S Gallardo Guerra; Marco Coral-Almeida; Alejandra Ruíz; Juan Miguel Galarza; Jacobus H. de Waard; Carlos Bastidas‐Caldes

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Resumen

About 20% of the HCWs who were colonized with SA were colonized with MRSA, representing a risk for nosocomial infections and hospital outbreaks. Active monitoring and a decolonization treatment of the HCWs can reduce these risks.

Cómo citar

Isabel Baroja, & Sara S Gallardo Guerra, & Marco Coral-Almeida, & Alejandra Ruíz, & Juan Miguel Galarza, & Jacobus H. de Waard, & Carlos Bastidas‐Caldes (2021). Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization Among Health Care Workers of a Tertiary Hospital in Ecuador and Associated Risk Factors. https://doi.org/10.2147/idr.s326148