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Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in Luanda, Angola: first description of the spread of the MRSA ST5-IVa clone in the African continent.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Oct 2014
Conceição Teresa, Coelho Céline, Santos-Silva Isabel, de Lencastre Hermínia, Aires-de-Sousa Marta
Abstract excerpt
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major human pathogen worldwide, and although surveillance studies are available in the most developed countries, data from Angola are inexistent. In June 2012, 295 inpatients and 199 healthcare workers from three hospitals in Luanda, Angola were nasal swabbed for S. aureus and MRSA carriage. A total of 117 individuals (23.7%) were S. aureus nasal carriers,...
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