High prevalence of EMRSA-15 in Portuguese public buses: a worrisome finding.

High prevalence of EMRSA-15 in Portuguese public buses: a worrisome finding.

<h4>Background</h4>The nosocomial prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Portugal remains one of the highest in Europe and is currently around 50%. Transmission of S. aureus, including MRSA, occurs principally by direct human-to-human skin contact. However, S...

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Main Authors: Roméo Rocha Simões, Marta Aires-de-Sousa, Teresa Conceição, Filipa Antunes, Paulo Martins da Costa, Hermínia de Lencastre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21407807/?tool=EBI

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