Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying SCCmec type IV in southern Brazil

INTRODUCTION: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important pathogen commonly associated with nosocomial infections. However, it has also been associated with community-acquired skin and soft tissue infections (CA-MRSA). There are few data on the identification and prevalen...

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Main Authors: Luciane Cristina Gelatti, Renan Rangel Bonamigo, Fernanda Matsiko Inoue, Mirian Silva do Carmo, Ana Paula Becker, Fernanda Marques da Silva Castrucci, Antônio Carlos Campos Pignatari, Pedro Alves d' Azevedo
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-01-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000100034&lng=en&tlng=en

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