Potential spread of multidrug-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci through healthcare waste | Zendy

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Potential spread of multidrug-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci through healthcare waste

Author(s) -

Thiago César Nascimento,

Vânia Lúcia da Silva,

Alessandra Barbosa Ferreira Machado,

Cláudio Galuppo Diniz

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.4563

Subject(s) - multiple drug resistance , coagulase , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , staphylococcus , staphylococcus aureus , drug resistance , biology , bacteria , genetics

Healthcare waste (HCW) might potentially harbor infective viable microorganisms in sanitary landfills. We investigated the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and the occurrence of the mecA gene in coagulase-negative Staphylococcus strains (CoNS) recovered from the leachate of the HCW in an untreated sanitary landfill.

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