Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in neonates and children attending a pediatric outpatient clinics in Brazil

Background: In Latin America, few studies have been carried out on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in the pediatric population. We conducted a survey of nasal S. aureus carriage in neonates and in children attending the pediatric outpatient clinics in a large Brazilian city with...

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Main Authors: Maria Aparecida Vieira, Ruth Minamisava, Vicente Pessoa-Júnior, Juliana Lamaro-Cardoso, Yves Mauro Ternes, Maria Cláudia Porfirio Andre, Sabrina Sgambatti, André Kipnis, Ana Lúcia Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867013002225