Molecular and phenotypic characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from hospitalized patients
Author(s) -
Caio Ferreira de Oliveira,
Alexandre Tadachi Morey,
Jussevania Pereira Santos,
Ludmila Vilela Pereira Gomes,
J. Cardoso,
Phileno Pinge-Filho,
Márcia Regina Eches Perugini,
Lucy Megumi Yamauchi,
Sueli Fumie Yamada-Ogattta
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.5868
Subject(s) - sccmec , cefoxitin , teicoplanin , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , virulence , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , vancomycin , penicillin , multilocus sequence typing , staphylococcus aureus , typing , antibiotic resistance , multiple drug resistance , virology , antibiotics , genotype , gene , genetics , bacteria
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the leading causes of infections acquired in both community and hospital settings. In this study, MRSA isolated from different sources of hospitalized patients was characterized by molecular and phenotypic methods.
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