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| Vieira,Maria Aparecida; Minamisava,Ruth; Pessoa-Júnior,Vicente; Lamaro-Cardoso,Juliana; Ternes,Yves Mauro; Andre,Maria Cláudia Porfirio; Sgambatti,Sabrina; Kipnis,André; Andrade,Ana Lúcia. |
| Background:In Latin America, few studies have been carried out on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in the pediatric population. We conducted a survey of nasal S. aureus carriage in neonates and in children attending the pediatric outpatient clinics in a large Brazilian city with high antimicrobial consumption.Methods:Pernasal swabs of neonates were collected upon admission and at discharge in four neonatal intensive care units and of children less than five years of age during outpatient visits. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates were characterized for antibiotic susceptibility, mec gene presence, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, spatype, SCCmec-type, multilocus sequence type, and presence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Staphylococcus aureus carriage; Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus; Aureus; Neonates; Children. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702014000100042 |
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