Increased incidence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis in the skin and nasal carriage among healthcare workers and inanimate hospital surfaces after the COVID-19 pandemic

Increased incidence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis in the skin and nasal carriage among healthcare workers and inanimate hospital surfaces after the COVID-19 pandemic

Background and Objectives: Healthcare workers in hospitals are exposed to infectious diseases that occur in the hospital making them a source of infection for the patients. It is interfaced as cross-contamination agents for MRSA and MR-CoNS, and preventive measures need to be adapted accordingly. T...

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Main Authors: Esraa H. Al-Nsour, Hadeel T. AL-Hadithi, Rania Mhammad Al-Groom, Saqr Abushattal, Abdallah Y Naser, Ahmad H. Al Nsour, Rawand A. Sallam, Lara M. Kollab, Laila Alswalha, Mohd Sajjad Ahmad Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2024-10-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
Healthcare workers;
Methicillin resistant staphylococci;
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus;
Methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococci;
Staphylococcus aureus;
COVID 19
Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/4810
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