Hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the PVL gene outbreak in a Public Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Társis Brust²  Thaina Miranda Da Costa¹  José Carlos Amorim²  Marise Dutra Asensi¹  Octavio Fernandes²  Fábio Aguiar-alves¹ 

[1] ,Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas MédicasRio de Janeiro RJ ,Brazil

关键词: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus;    nasal colonization;    genotypes;    PVL;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1517-83822013000300031

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Hospital associated methicillin-resist Staphylococcus aureus has long been associated to outbreaks in the hospital environment. In this work, we investigated an outbreak of Hospital associated methicillin-resist Staphylococcus aureus carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene, which occurred in a large community hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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