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Nasal self-swabbing for estimating the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in the community
2012
Journal of Medical Microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality and, therefore, a burden on healthcare systems. Our aim was to estimate the current rate of nasal S. aureus carriage in the general population and to determine the feasibility of nasal self-swabbing as a means of detection. Two thousand people (1200 adults and 800 children) from a single NHS general practice in Southampton, UK, were randomly selected from a general practice age sex register, stratified by age and sex,
doi:10.1099/jmm.0.051854-0
pmid:23222858
fatcat:7uz4qeq7fzdsdgywcwncksyzky