Authors: Marcelo J Mimica Eitan N Berezin Neiva Damaceno Rozane B Carvalho
Publish Date: 2010/07/23
Volume: 62, Issue: 2, Pages: 388-390
Abstract
Twenty seven S aureus isolates were obtained from cystic fibrosis CF patients at a tertiary care hospital in Brazil Nineteen 704 were methicillinsusceptible S aureus MSSA and eight 296 methicillinresistant S aureus MRSA Of the MRSA isolates four had SCCmec type III and four had SCCmec type IV PVL genes were not detected in any of the MSSA or MRSA isolates New studies are necessary to evaluate the exact impact of these different MRSA clones in CF patients
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