Prevalence of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus in the saliva of health professionals

Clinics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 295-302

  de Carvalho, Milton Jorge ^a   Pimenta, Fabiana Cristina ^b,d   Hayashida, Miyeko ^c   Gir, Elucir ^c   da Silva, Adriana Maria ^c   Barbosa, Caio Parente ^a   da Silva Canini, Silvia Rita Marin ^c   Santiago, Silvana ^d  

^a Faculty of Medicine ABC   (Brazil)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exposure to biological agents; Hospital infection; Methicillin resistance; Occupational risk; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SALIVA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OXACILLIN; PENICILLINS; SALIVA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650587837     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322009000400005     Document Type: Article

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