The role of nasal carriage in Staphylococcus aureus infections.

By H. Wertheim, D. Melles, M. Vos, W. V. van Leeuwen, A. van Belkum, H. Verbrugh, J. Nouwen. Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print), 2005

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Staphylococcal biofilms (2018, background): “epidermidis, which are ubiquitous skin colonizers in humans (17, 18).”
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