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Molecular surveillance of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus at a neonatal intensive care unit in Brazil.
American journal of infection control - 1 Sept 2009
Silva Helisângela de Almeida, Pereira Eliezer M, Schuenck Ricardo P, Pinto Ricardo C M, Abdallah Vânia O S, Santos Kátia Regina N, Gontijo-Filho Paulo P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We evaluated the relationship among hospital infection and colonization by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), clonal spread, and associated risk factors in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the Uberlândia Federal University-affiliated hospital in Brazil. METHODS: Between February 2004 and June 2005, a longitudinal surveillance study was carried out in an NICU with neonates...
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