Phenotypic methods for determination of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus spp. from health care workers

• Main Authors: Marcelle Aquino Rabelo (Author), Armando Monteiro Bezerra Neto (Author), Eduardo Caetano Brandão Ferreira da Silva (Author), Wagner Luis Mendes de Oliveira (Author), Fábio Lopes de Melo (Author), Ana Catarina S. Lopes (Author), Nilma Cintra Leal (Author), Maria Amélia Vieira Maciel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: Staphylococcus spp. is an important healthcare-associated pathogen and the identification of methicillin-resistant strains in samples of colonization may provide data to assist in the antimicrobial therapy success. OBJECTIVES: To determine the occurrence of colonization by methicillin-...