Temporal evolution of the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary hospital in Bahia, Brazil. A nine-year evaluation study

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 235-238

  Brites, Carlos ^a,b   Silva, Nanci ^a   Sampaio Sá, Márcia ^a  

^a Hospital Espanhol   (Brazil)

^b Laboratório de Retrovirus   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial resistance; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33947389873     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702006000400003     Document Type: Article

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