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Serial home-based self-collection of anterior nasal swabs to detect Staphylococcus aureus carriage in a randomized population-based study in Germany.

Akmatov, Manas K
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Mehraj, Jaishri
; 
Gatzemeier, Anja
; 
Strömpl, Julia
; 
Witte, Wolfgang
; ; 
Pessler, Frank
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2014-08
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Participant-collected serial nasal swabs would be a cost-efficient feature of prospective population-based microbiological studies. We examined the feasibility of serial anterior nasal self-swabbing for Staphylococcus aureus detection in a prospective population-based study in Braunschweig, Germany, and assessed the impact of three interventions on participation and compliance.
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Serial home-based self-collection of anterior nasal swabs to detect Staphylococcus aureus carriage in a randomized population-based study in Germany. 2014, 25:4-10 Int. J. Infect. Dis.
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Helmholtz Centre for infection research, Inhoffenstr. 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
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International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
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http://hdl.handle.net/10033/581455
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10.1016/j.ijid.2014.01.021
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24813875
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1878-3511
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