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| 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. |
| 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 |
Palavras-chave: MRSA; Methicillin resistance; Heterogeneous resistance; Cefoxitin; PBP2a. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822010000200009 |
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| Korn,Gustavo P.; Martino,Marinês D. V.; Mimica,Igor M.; Mimica,Lycia J.; Chiavone,Paulo A.; Musolino,Luiz R. de S.. |
| Colonization of hospitalized patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is of increasing concern. To evaluate this problem in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in Brazil, we studied 100 patients admitted to two ICUs from April to June, 1997. Of the 100 patients, 70 were male, 53 were age 60 years or older, 55 were previously hospitalized, 78 were transferred to the ICU from other hospital units, 49 had received antibiotic therapy, and 66 had undergone recent surgery. Nasal and axillary swab cultures were obtained on admission and every 48 hours thereafter until discharge. MRSA were identified by plating any cultured S. aureus on Mueller-Hinton agar containing 6mug/ml of oxacillin. At the time of admission, 46 (46%) of the patients were... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Staphylococcus aureus; Methicillin resistance; Hospital infections. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702001000100001 |
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| Costa,Dayane de Melo; Kipnis,André; Leão-Vasconcelos,Lara Stefânia Netto de Oliveira; Rocha-Vilefort,Larissa Oliveira; Telles,Sheila Araújo; André,Maria Cláudia Dantas Porfírio Borges; Tipple,Anaclara Ferreira Veiga; Lima,Ana Beatriz Mori; Ribeiro,Nádia Ferreira Gonçalves; Pereira,Mayara Regina; Prado-Palos,Marinésia Aparecida. |
| The aim of the study was to analyze epidemiological and microbiological aspects of oral colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus of health care workers in a cancer hospital. Interview and saliva sampling were performed with 149 health care workers. Antimicrobial resistance was determined by disk diffusion and minimum inhibitory concentration. Polymerase Chain Reaction, Internal Transcribed Spacer-Polymerase Chain Reaction and Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis were performed for genotypic characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus. Risk factors were determined by logistic regression. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus colonization prevalence was 19.5%, denture wearing (p = 0.03), habit of nail biting (p = 0.04) and preparation and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Health personnel; Occupational health; Staphylococcus; Methicillin resistance; Oncology service; Hospital. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822014000300006 |
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