Hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the PVL gene outbreak in a Public Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Hospital associated methicillin-resist Staphylococcus aureus has long been associated to outbreaks in the hospital environment. In this work, we investigated an outbreak of Hospital associated methicillin-resist Staphylococcus aureus carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene, which occurred in a...

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Autores principales: Brust, Társis, da Costa, Thaina Miranda, Amorim, José Carlos, Asensi, Marise Dutra, Fernandes, Octavio, Aguiar-Alves, Fábio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Brazilian Society of Microbiology 2014
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3910202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24516453
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Sumario:Hospital associated methicillin-resist Staphylococcus aureus has long been associated to outbreaks in the hospital environment. In this work, we investigated an outbreak of Hospital associated methicillin-resist Staphylococcus aureus carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene, which occurred in a large community hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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