<sec><title>INTRODUCTION: </title>Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can be difficult to detect at the clinical practice. </sec><sec><title>METHODS:</title> We analyzed 140 MRSA isolates from inpatients to correlate the antimicrobial suscepti...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2013-01-01
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Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000100100 |
Summary: | <sec><title>INTRODUCTION: </title>Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can be difficult to detect at the clinical practice. </sec><sec><title>METHODS:</title> We analyzed 140 MRSA isolates from inpatients to correlate the antimicrobial susceptibility with the SCCmec types. </sec><sec><title>RESULTS:</title> Type III (n = 63) isolates were more resistant to ciprofloxacin, clindamycin, cloramphenicol, erythromycin, gentamicin, and rifampin than type IV (n = 65) ones (p < 0.05). Moreover, type IV isolates were susceptible to tetracycline (100%) and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (98%), while type III isolates presented resistance to them. </sec><sec><title>CONCLUSIONS:</title> In regions where these SCCmec types are prevalent, the detection of specific resistant phenotypes could help to predict them, mainly when there are no technical conditions to SCCmec typing.</sec> |
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ISSN: | 0037-8682 1678-9849 |