Article
Hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the PVL gene outbreak in a Public Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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BRUST, Társis et al. Hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the PVL gene outbreak in a Public Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Braz J Microbiol., v.44, n.3, p. 865–868, 2013.
1678-4405
Autor
Brust, Társis
Costa, Thaina Miranda da
Amorim, José Carlos
Asensi, Marise Dutra
Fernandes, Octavio
Alves, Fábio Aguiar
Resumen
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.