Utilizing Moist or Dry Swabs for the Sampling of Nasal MRSA Carriers? An In Vivo and In Vitro Study

• Philipp Warnke ,

  * E-mail: philipp.warnke@med.uni-rostock.de

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology, and Hygiene, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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• Annette Devide,

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology, and Hygiene, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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• Mirjam Weise,

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology, and Hygiene, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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• Hagen Frickmann,

  Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology, and Hygiene, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany, Department of Tropical Medicine at the Bernhard Nocht Institute, German Armed Forces Hospital of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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• Norbert Georg Schwarz,

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

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• Holger Schäffler,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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• Peter Ottl,

  Affiliation Department of Prosthodontics and Material Sciences, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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• Andreas Podbielski

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology, and Hygiene, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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