The occurrence and dissemination of methicillin and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus in samples from patients and health professionals of a university hospital in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Ferreira, Ewerton Lucena¹  Leal, Nilma Cintra¹  Bezerra Neto, Armando Monteiro¹  da Costa Lima, Jailton Lobo¹  Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, Brasil¹  Maciel, Maria Amélia Vieira¹  Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil¹  Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil¹  Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil¹  Loibman, Stéfany Ojaimi¹  Rabelo, Marcelle Aquino¹ 

关键词: MRSA;    Vancomycin;    Patients;    Health professionals;    Ribotyping-PCR;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0071-2014

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains have been responsible for many nosocomial outbreaks. Within hospitals, colonized employees often act as reservoirs for the spread of this organism. This study collected clinical samples of 91 patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), hemodialysis/nephrology service and surgical clinic, and biological samples from the nasal cavities of 120 professionals working in those environments, of a University Hospital in Recife, in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. The main objective of this study was to determine the occurrence and dissemination of methicillin- and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus spp.

【 授权许可】

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