African Journal of
Microbiology Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0808
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 5233

Full Length Research Paper

Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in centers of Casablanca (Morocco)

Mohamed Elazhari
  • Mohamed Elazhari
  • Laboratoire de Bactériologie Médicale et Moléculaire, Centre de Biologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, 1 place Louis Pasteur, Casablanca-20360, Maroc.
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Fatima Elothmani
  • Fatima Elothmani
  • Département de biologie, faculté des sciences, BP 20, 24040 El Jadida, Maroc.
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Abdellatif Errouagui
  • Abdellatif Errouagui
  • Laboratoire de Bactériologie Médicale et Moléculaire, Centre de Biologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, 1 place Louis Pasteur, Casablanca-20360, Maroc.
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Driss Elhabchi
  • Driss Elhabchi
  • Département de sécurité alimentaire et d’hygiène sanitaire, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, place Louis Pasteur, Casablanca-20360, Maroc.
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Saile Rachid
  • Saile Rachid
  • Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Lipoprotéines et l’Athérosclérose, Unité Associée au CNRST-URAC 34-Université Hassan II, Faculté des Sciences Ben M’Sik, Casablanca, Maroc.
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Mohammed Timinouni
  • Mohammed Timinouni
  • Laboratoire de Bactériologie Médicale et Moléculaire, Centre de Biologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, 1 place Louis Pasteur, Casablanca-20360, Maroc.
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  •  Accepted: 08 January 2013
  •  Published: 22 January 2014

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