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Molecular epidemiology of heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in Brazil.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Silveira Alessandro Conrado de Oliveira, Cunha Gabriela Rosa da, Caierão Juliana, Cordova Caio Mauricio Mendes de, d'Azevedo Pedro Alves
Abstract excerpt
To determine the epidemiological and molecular characteristics of 12 Staphylococcus aureus isolates presenting heteroresistance to vancomycin in laboratories of two cities in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Epidemiological data, including the city of isolation, health institution, and date of isolation were considered, as well as the associated clinical specimen. For molecular characterization, we analyzed the...
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