Spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus belonging to the Brazilian epidemic clone in a general hospital and emergence of heterogenous resistance to glycopeptide antibiotics among these isolates

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-308

  Dos Santos Soares, M J ^a   Da Silva Carvalho, M C ^a   Ferreira Carvalho, B T ^a   Figueiredo, A M S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistance; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034108491     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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