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Antibiotic susceptibility profile and prevalence of mecA and lukS-PV/lukF-PV genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from nasal and pharyngeal sources of medical students in Ecuador

Carlos A Bastidas1 Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas, Biotecnología, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, EcuadorCorrespondence[email protected]
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Irina Villacrés-Granda2 Laboratorios de Investigación, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, EcuadorCorrespondence[email protected]
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Daniela Navarrete1 Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas, Biotecnología, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador
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Mishell Monsalve1 Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas, Biotecnología, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador
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Marco Coral-Almeida3 One Health Research Group, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador
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Sara G Cifuentes4 Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador
Pages 2553-2560 | Published online: 16 Aug 2019

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Isabel Baroja, Sara 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. Infection and Drug Resistance 14, pages 3433-3440.
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