Mannitol-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from nasal swab specimens in Brazil

Mannitol-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from nasal swab specimens in Brazil

The isolation of mannitol-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from nasal swabs is reported. Among the 59 isolates, 9 (15%) isolates were mannitol-negative; all of these isolates were categorized as staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type IVa. This report emphasizes that...

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Main Authors: Danielle Caldeira Martins dos Santos, Thaina Miranda da Costa, Renata Fernandes Rabello, Fábio Aguiar Alves, Silvia Susana Bona de Mondino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2015-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
mannitol-negative
MRSA
nasal swab surveillance
SCCmec
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