Phenotypic methods for determination of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus spp. from health care workers

Phenotypic methods for determination of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus spp. from health care workers

INTRODUCTION: Staphylococcus spp. is an important healthcare-associated pathogen and the identification of methicillin-resistant strains in samples of colonization may provide data to assist in the antimicrobial therapy success. OBJECTIVES: To determine the occurrence of colonization by methicillin-...

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Main Authors: Marcelle Aquino Rabelo, Armando Monteiro Bezerra Neto, Eduardo Caetano Brandão Ferreira da Silva, Wagner Luis Mendes de Oliveira, Fábio Lopes de Melo, Ana Catarina S. Lopes, Nilma Cintra Leal, Maria Amélia Vieira Maciel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica 2013-04-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial
Subjects:
meticilina
profissionais de saúde
resistência
S. aureus
S. epidermidis
Staphylococcus spp
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