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Provedor de dados: 	58	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Evaluation of different methods for detecting methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates in a university hospital located in the Northeast of Brazil	
Autores: 	Sousa Júnior,Francisco Canindé de; Néri,Gildelane da Silva; Silva,Ana Karine; Araújo,Bibiana Priscila Rodrigues Câmara de; Guerra,Myrian Júlia de Paiva Dourado; Fernandes,Maria José de Britto Costa; Milan,Eveline Pipolo; Melo,Maria Celeste Nunes de.	
Data: 	2010-06-01	
Ano: 	2010	
Palavras-chave: 	MRSA; Methicillin resistance; Heterogeneous resistance; Cefoxitin; PBP2a.	
Resumo: 	Many methods have been described for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), but the heterogeneous expression of methicillin resistance affects the reliability of these methods. The aim of the present study was to evaluate some methods for detecting methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates in a university hospital located in the Northeast of Brazil. Among the isolates, 15 were methicillin-susceptible and 45 were methicillin-resistant, including low-level heterogeneous resistance strains. Both the 30 µg-cefoxitin disk and PBP2a test had 100% sensibility/specificity and appear to be good options for the detection of MRSA in the clinical laboratory.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822010000200009	
Editor: 	Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1517-83822010000200009	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Microbiology  v.41 n.2 2010	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess