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High colonization by multidrug-resistant and virulent Staphylococcus aureus genotypes among critically ill patients in the COVID-19 pandemic in a Brazilian hospital.
BMC microbiology - 26 Nov 2025
De Oliveira Tamara Lopes Rocha, Macharete Thaís Campos, Guedes Evellyn Max, Igari Gabriel Freire, de Sant'Ana Andryelle Cristina, Ferreira Adriana Lúcia Pires, Cavalcante Fernanda Sampaio, da Costa de Souza Claudia Regina, Nouér Simone Aranha, Dos Santos Kátia Regina Netto
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BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted in patients from Intensive Care Units (ICUs), making them more vulnerable to infection/colonization by clinically relevant pathogens. However, little is known about the Staphylococcus aureus isolates that colonized these patients during the pandemic. METHODS: Consecutive S. aureus isolates from surveillance swabs of patients of two ICUs of a hospital in...
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