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High Clonal Diversity of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Nasal Swab Samples of Medical Students in Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Elif Aktaş ,
Oya Pazarlı ,
Emin Rençber ,
Esra Baǧcıoǧlu ,
Sema Keser ,
Canan Külah  and
Füsun Cömert
Elif Aktaş*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Zonguldak, Turkey
Oya Pazarlı
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Zonguldak, Turkey
Emin Rençber
Affiliation:
Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey
Esra Baǧcıoǧlu
Affiliation:
Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey
Sema Keser
Affiliation:
Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey
Canan Külah
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Zonguldak, Turkey
Füsun Cömert
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Zonguldak, Turkey
*
Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, 67100 Zonguldak, Turkey, (drelifaktas@yahoo.com)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 11 , November 2010 , pp. 1202 - 1204
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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