Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying SCCmec type IV in southern Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Gelatti, Luciane Cristina¹  Faculdade Serra da Mesa, Uruaçu¹  Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil¹  Carmo, Mirian Silva do¹  d' Azevedo, Pedro Alves¹  Castrucci, Fernanda Marques da Silva¹  Inoue, Fernanda Matsiko¹  Becker, Ana Paula¹  Pignatari, Antônio Carlos Campos¹  Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil¹  Bonamigo, Renan Rangel¹ 

关键词: Staphylococcus aureus;    Methicillin-resistant;    Skin infections;    Soft tissue infections;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-868213022013

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important pathogen commonly associated with nosocomial infections. However, it has also been associated with community-acquired skin and soft tissue infections (CA-MRSA). There are few data on the identification and prevalence of CA-MRSA infections in Brazil.

【 授权许可】

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