Unusually large number of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in a Portuguese hospital.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been endemic in Hospital de Santa Maria, a 1,300-bed teaching hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, since the mid-1980s with a prevalence of 30% in 1993. A total of 54 MRSA and 93 methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) isolates recovered during the fi...

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Main Authors: Couto, I, Melo-Cristino, J, Fernandes, M L, Garcia, T, Serrano, N, Salgado, M J, Torres-Pereira, A, Sanches, I S, de Lencastre, H
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1995
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC228330/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7559943
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