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J Renal Inj Prev. 2018;7(4): 280-285. doi: 10.15171/jrip.2018.62

Original Article

Nasal and extra-nasal methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among hemodialysis patients; is routine culturing of other body sites necessary?

Narges-Sadat Zahed 1, Zohreh Aminzadeh 2 * , Atefeh Sadat Akhavi Mirab 3, Latif Gachkar 2, Ali Akhbari 4

Cited by CrossRef: 3


1- Aminzadeh Z, Mirab A, Goudarzi M, Zahed N. Nasal colonization of SCCmec II, III and tst-1 positive Methiticillin resistance Staphylococcal aureus isolated from patients in a hemodialysis unit, Tehran, Iran. JMEN. 2019;7(1) [Crossref]
2- Saffari F, Radfar A, Sobhanipoor M, Ahmadrajabi R. Spa gene-based molecular typing of nasal methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus from patients and health-care workers in a dialysis center in southeast Iran. Pathogens and Global Health. 2020;114(3):160 [Crossref]
3- Ghavghani F, Rahbarnia L, Naghili B, Dehnad A, Bazmani A, Varshochi M, Ghaffari Agdam M. Nasal and extra nasal MRSA colonization in hemodialysis patients of north-west of Iran. BMC Res Notes. 2019;12(1) [Crossref]