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Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying SCCmec type IV and V isolated from healthy children attending public daycares in northeastern Brazil.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Carvalho Suzi P de, Almeida Jéssica B de, Andrade Yasmin M F S, Silva Lucas S C da, Oliveira Arianne C de, Nascimento Flávia S, Campos Guilherme B, Oliveira Márcio V, Timenetsky Jorge, Marques Lucas M
Abstract excerpt
Nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have increasingly been reported in healthy communities. This study aimed to assess the rate of S. aureus in general and MRSA in particular from nasal secretion of children in daycare centers in Vitória da Conquista, Brazil. The isolates were identified based on morphology, biochemical tests and by PCR. Detection of virulence genes, biofilm...
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