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Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction-based Analyses of Murine Intestinal Microbiota After Oral Antibiotic Treatment
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Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction-based Analyses of Murine Intestinal Microbiota After Oral Antibiotic Treatment

Published on: November 17, 2018

Changes in nasal and oral microbiota composition during a 10-day decolonization course with mupirocin and

Thomas C Scheier1, Tomas Demeter1, Jessica Franz1

  • 1Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

American Journal of Infection Control
|May 23, 2026
PubMed

Keywords:
EradicationMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusPVP-ISalivaThroat

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