Oxacilin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) bacteremia in a general hospital at São Paulo city, Brasil

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 631-635

  D'Azevedo, P A ^a,b,d   Secchi, C ^b   Antunes, A L S ^b   Sales, T ^c   Silva, F M ^a   Tranchesi, R ^c   Pignatari, A C C ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c Hospital 9 de Julho   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Coagulase negative staphylococci; Oxacillin; PFGE

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI;

EID: 59349088854     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822008000400006     Document Type: Article

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