Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in a dermatology unit

Clinics

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2071-2077

  Pacheco, Renata L ^a   Lobo, Renata D ^a   Oliveira, Maura S ^a   Farina, Elthon F ^a   Santos, Cleide R ^a   Costa, Silvia F ^a   Padoveze, Maria Clara ^a   Garcia, Cilmara P ^a   Trindade, Priscila A ^a   Quiterio, Ligia M ^a   Rivitti, Evandro A ^a   Mamizuka, Elsa M ^a   Levin, Anna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hospital infection; Molecular typing; MRSA; Surveillance culture; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; DERMATOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DERMATOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84455208898     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011001200012     Document Type: Article

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