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

Isabel Baroja1 Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas, Biotecnología, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador;2 Unidad Técnica de Genética Molecular, Hospital de Especialidades Carlos Andrade Marín, Quito, Ecuador
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Sara Guerra1 Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas, Biotecnología, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador;2 Unidad Técnica de Genética Molecular, Hospital de Especialidades Carlos Andrade Marín, Quito, Ecuador
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Marco Coral-Almeida3 Grupo de Bio-Quimioinformatica, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, EcuadorORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0211-2906
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Alejandra Ruíz2 Unidad Técnica de Genética Molecular, Hospital de Especialidades Carlos Andrade Marín, Quito, Ecuador;4 IESS Quito Sur General Hospital, Institutional Coordination of Epidemiological Surveillance and Infectology, Molecular Microbiology, Quito, Ecuador;5 Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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Juan Miguel Galarza2 Unidad Técnica de Genética Molecular, Hospital de Especialidades Carlos Andrade Marín, Quito, Ecuador;6 Unidad de Biociencias, Gerencia de Molecular y Oncodiagnóstico, SIMED S.A., Quito, Ecuador
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Jacobus H de Waard7 One Health Research Group, Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas, Biotecnología, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, EcuadorORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4118-1015
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Carlos Bastidas-Caldes1 Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas, Biotecnología, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador;7 One Health Research Group, Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas, Biotecnología, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador;8 Programa de Doctorado en Salud Pública y Animal, Universidad de Extremadura, Extremadura, EspañaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Pages 3433-3440 | Published online: 25 Aug 2021

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Wondimagegn Wolde, Habtamu Mitiku, Rajesh Sarkar & Tadesse Shume. (2023) Nasal Carriage Rate of Staphylococcus aureus, Its Associated Factors, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern Among Health Care Workers in Public Hospitals, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia. Infection and Drug Resistance 16, pages 3477-3486.
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Fernanda Hernández-Alomía, Carlos Bastidas-Caldes, Isabel Ballesteros, Gabriela N. Tenea, Pablo Jarrín-V., C. Alfonso Molina & Pablo Castillejo. (2023) Beta-Lactam Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Microbiome of the Public Transport System of Quito, Ecuador. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20:3, pages 1900.
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