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Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes from Rio de Janeiro hospitals.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Dec 2015
Chamon Raiane Cardoso, Iorio Natalia Lopes Pontes, da Silva Ribeiro Sthefanie, Cavalcante Fernanda Sampaio, Dos Santos Kátia Regina Netto
Abstract excerpt
In a collection of 50 pvl-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from 10 Rio de Janeiro hospitals, 18 (36%) were from bloodstream infections, and 31 (62%) carried the SCCmec IV. Among 25 (50%) isolates of the USA1100/ST30/CC30 lineage present in 8 hospitals, 1 isolate was characterized as vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus.
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