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Use of molecular epidemiology to monitor the nosocomial dissemination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a university hospital from 1991 to 2001.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Sept 2004
Beretta A L R Z, Trabasso P, Stucchi R B, Moretti M L
Abstract excerpt
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been the cause of major outbreaks and epidemics among hospitalized patients, with high mortality and morbidity rates. We studied the genomic diversity of MRSA strains isolated from patients with nosocomial infection in a University Hospital from 1991 to 2001. The study consisted of two periods: period I, from 1991 to 1993 and period II from 1995 to 2001. DNA...
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