Outbreaks associated to bloodstream infections with Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp in premature neonates in a university hospital from Brazil Surtos associados a infecções sanguíneas por Staphylococcus aureus e Staphylococcus spp coagulase-negativa em neonatos prematuros em um hospital universitário do Brasil

Outbreaks associated to bloodstream infections with Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp in premature neonates in a university hospital from Brazil Surtos associados a infecções sanguíneas por Staphylococcus aureus e Staphylococcus spp coagulase-negativa em neonatos prematuros em um hospital universitário do Brasil

Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are among the most important nosocomial pathogens in patients from neonatal intensive care units, mainly in bloodstream infections. The main objective of this study is to determine the occurrence of nosocomial infections by these micr...

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Main Authors: Denise Von Dolinger de Brito, Elias Jose Oliveira, Ana Lúcia da Costa Darini, Vânia Olivetti Steffen Abdallah, Paulo P. Gontijo Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2006-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
Polimicrobiano
policlonal
surtos
neonatos
estafilococos
polymicrobial
polyclonal
outbreaks
neonates
staphylococci
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