Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying SCCmec type II was more frequent than the Brazilian endemic clone as a cause of nosocomial bacteremia

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 518-520

  Caiaffa Filho, Helio Hehl ^a   Trindade, Priscila A ^b   Gabriela da Cunha, Paula ^a   Alencar, Cecilia Salete ^a   Prado, Gladys V B ^a   Rossi, Flavia ^a   Levin, Anna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian endemic clone; Healthcare associated infections; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; SCCmec type II

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN ENDEMIC CLONE; CELL CLONE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC TYPE II; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BRAZILIAN ENDEMIC CLONE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SCCMEC TYPE II;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLONE CELLS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84880762541     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.04.024     Document Type: Article

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