Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Newborns in a Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 777-782

  Loureiro, M M ^a   De Moraes, B A ^a   Quadra, M R R ^b   Pinheiro, G S ^b   Suffys, P N ^a   Asensi, M D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Hosp Maternidade Alexander F   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Brazil; Hospital infection; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Nasal carriers; Newborns; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Rio de janeiro

Indexed keywords

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034323814     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762000000600005     Document Type: Article

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