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

AUTOR(ES)

Brust, Társis, Costa, Thaina Miranda da, Amorim, José Carlos, Asensi, Marise Dutra, Fernandes, Octavio, Aguiar-Alves, Fábio

FONTE

Braz. J. Microbiol.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2013-09

RESUMO

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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