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| Melo,Geraldo B.; Melo,Michelle C.; Gama,Alexandre P.; Carvalho,Karinne S.; Jesus,Teresa C.; Bonetti,Ana M.; Gontijo Filho,Paulo P.. |
| Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (MRCoNS) are among the most frequent causes of hospital infections worldwide, thus justifying the increasing use of vancomycin. In this study, we evaluated the presence of glycopeptide-resistant staphylococci, in 41 patients hospitalized in the Clinical Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia in Uberlândia, MG, who were being treated with vancomycin. All isolates were plated on Mueller-Hinton agar containing vancomycin. Vancomycin resistance was confirmed by surface growth after incubation for 24-48 h at 35ºC. Heteroresistance was evaluated by plating with a large inoculum (10(8) CFU/mL). One patient with nephritis who was on a... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hospital epidemiology; Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus; RAPD-PCR. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822005000200006 |
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