High Nasal Carriage Rate of Staphylococcus aureus Containing Panton-Valentine leukocidin- and EDIN-Encoding Genes in Community and Hospital Settings in Burkina Faso

The objectives of the present study were to investigate the rate of S.aureus nasal carriage and molecular characteristics in hospital and community settings in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Nasal samples (n = 219) were collected from 116 healthy volunteers and 103 hospitalized patients in July and A...

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Main Authors: Ouedraogo, Abdoul-Salam, Dunyach-Remy, Catherine, Kissou, Aimée, Sanou, Soufiane, Poda, Armel, Kyelem, Carole G., Solassol, Jérôme, Bañuls, Anne-Laure, Van De Perre, Philippe, Ouédraogo, Rasmata, Jean-Pierre, Hélène, Lavigne, Jean-Philippe, Godreuil, Sylvain
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5020597/