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| Rozenbaum,R.; Sampaio,M.G.; Batista,G.S.; Garibaldi,A.M.; Terra,G.M.F.; Souza,M.J.; Vieira,E.N.; Silva-Carvalho,M.C.; Teixeira,L.A.; Figueiredo,A.M.S.. |
| Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is an emergent pathogen in Brazil. However, there are no data on the prevalence of CA-MRSA. We report here the first well-characterized case of severe life-threatening CA-MRSA infection in a child living in Rio de Janeiro city. The patient had many complications including hematogenous osteomyelitis and involvement of multiple sites requiring drainage of soft-tissue abscess, and pleural and pericardial empyema. The MRSA isolates recovered were genotyped using PFGE, SCCmec typing and multilocus sequence typing. Disk diffusion tests were performed following Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute recommendations. In addition, the presence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) was... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: CA-MRSA; MRSA; PVL; S. aureus; Antimicrobial resistance. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009000800011 |
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