Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 529-533, November 2008

Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization in Emergency Department Personnel

University of Pittsburgh Department of Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Received 29 February 2008; received in revised form 14 March 2008; accepted 21 March 2008. published online 25 April 2008.

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 Supervising editors: David A. Talan, MD; Michael L. Callaham, MD

 Author contributions: BPS, EHC, KI, and DMY were responsible for data collection, analysis, and interpretation and article preparation and revision. KI and DMY were responsible for conception of the study. BPS takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Drs. Talan and Callaham were the supervising editors on this article. Dr. Yealy did not participate in the editorial review or decision to publish this article.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Dr. Suffoletto is supported by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Institutional Training grant.

 Publication dates: Available online April 24, 2008.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(08)00612-4

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.03.020

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 529-533, November 2008