Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from an intensive care unit in Minas Gerais, Brazil, over a six-year period

To characterize methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from an intensive care unit of a tertiary-care teaching hospital, between 2005 and 2010. A total of 45 isolates were recovered from patients admitted to the intensive care unit in the study period. Resistance rates higher than 80%...

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Main Authors: Thiago C. Nascimento, Cláudio G. Diniz, Vânia L. Silva, Alessandra B. Ferreira-Machado, Marina O. Fajardo, Tamara Lopes R. de Oliveira, Dennis de C. Ferreira, Fernanda S. Cavalcante, Kátia R. Netto dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867017307742