Oral incidence of Staphylococcus aureus and antimicrobials agents resistance

Three health Brazilian families were examined for their oral carriage of Staphylococcus aureus the most common persistent human pathogen. The mean level of S.aureus colonization was high 56.2% and 25.9% of the individuals were methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) carriers. However, a low level of...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Bueris (Author), Fabiana Cristina Pimenta (Author), Izabel Yoko Ito (Author), José Moacir Marin (Author)
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Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Three health Brazilian families were examined for their oral carriage of Staphylococcus aureus the most common persistent human pathogen. The mean level of S.aureus colonization was high 56.2% and 25.9% of the individuals were methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) carriers. However, a low level of resistance to eight antimicrobial agents were found, except for penicillin (85.1%), erythromycin (40.7%) and amoxicillin (22.2%).
Item Description:10.20396/bjos.v4i12.8641796
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