Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from clonal complex 398 with no livestock association in Brazil

CC398 is a livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus. However, it has also been isolated from humans with no previous contact with livestock. A surveillance of methicillin-resistant S. aureus colonisation among children attending public day care centres and hospitals in Niterói and Rio de Janeiro,...

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Main Authors: Egidio Domingos André Neto, Renata Freire Alves Pereira, Robert Eugene Snyder, Thamiris Santana Machado, Lialyz Soares Pereira André, Claudete Aparecida Araújo Cardoso, Fábio Aguiar-Alves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762017000900647&lng=en&tlng=en