Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in university students

Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in university students

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In a study of university students, the percentage nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus was 40.8% (102/250). Of the isolates, MIC50 of methicillin was 0.5 µg/mL and MIC90 was 1 µg/mL. Six (5.8%) isolates were methicillin-resistant and carried the mecA gene. These results suggest that community-ass...

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Main Authors: Karina Aparecida Prates, Ana Maria Torres, Lourdes Botelho Garcia, Sueli Fumie Yamada Ogatta, Celso Luiz Cardoso, Maria Cristina Bronharo Tognim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
nasal carriage
CA-MRSA
S. aureus
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000300021&lng=en&tlng=en

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