Genetic Determinants of Methicillin Resistance and Virulence among Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Recovered from Clinical and Surveillance Cultures in a Brazilian Teaching Hospital

Aims. To quantify the presence of SCCmec types and virulence genes among Staphylococcus aureus colonizing and infecting patients from a teaching hospital. Methods. We analyzed 225 and 84 S. aureus isolates recovered from surveillance and clinical cultures, respectively. Strains were studied for the...

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Autores principales: Rodrigues, Marcus Vinicius Pimenta, Branco Fortaleza, Carlos Magno Castelo, Martins Souza, Camila Sena, Teixeira, Natalia Bibiana, Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha, Maria de Lourdes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scholarly Research Network 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23724335
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/975143

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23724335
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/975143

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