Methicillin-Sensitive and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage in a Random Sample of Non-Hospitalized Adult Population in Northern Germany

Jaishri Mehraj; Manas K. Akmatov; Julia Strömpl; Anja Gatzemeier; Franziska Layer; Guido Werner; Dietmar H. Pieper; Eva Medina; Wolfgang Witte; Frank Pessler; Gérard Krause

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107937

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Methicillin-Sensitive and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage in a Random Sample of Non-Hospitalized Adult Population in Northern Germany

Jaishri Mehraj ,

* E-mail: Jaishri.Mehraj@helmholtz-hzi.de

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, Hanover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Manas K. Akmatov,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, TWINCORE Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, Hannover, Germany
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Julia Strömpl,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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Anja Gatzemeier,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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Franziska Layer,

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany
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Guido Werner,

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany
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Dietmar H. Pieper,

Affiliation Microbial Interactions and Processes Research Group, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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Eva Medina,

Affiliation Infection Immunology Research Group, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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Wolfgang Witte,

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany
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Frank Pessler,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, TWINCORE Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, Hannover, Germany
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Gérard Krause

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, Hanover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Methicillin-Sensitive and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage in a Random Sample of Non-Hospitalized Adult Population in Northern Germany

Jaishri Mehraj,
Manas K. Akmatov,
Julia Strömpl,
Anja Gatzemeier,
Franziska Layer,
Guido Werner,
Dietmar H. Pieper,
Eva Medina,
Wolfgang Witte,
Frank Pessler

Published: September 24, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107937

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