EVALUATION OF INTERHOSPITAL SPREAD OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS IN SAO-PAULO, BRAZIL, USING PULSED-FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS OF CHROMOSOMAL DNA
Hs. Sader et al., EVALUATION OF INTERHOSPITAL SPREAD OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS IN SAO-PAULO, BRAZIL, USING PULSED-FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS OF CHROMOSOMAL DNA, Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 15(5), 1994, pp. 320-323
The widespread dissemination of a single clone of methicillin-resistan
t Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in several hospitals in Sao Paulo could
make the intrahospital epidemiologic evaluation of MRSA outbreaks ver
y difficult. The high index of PPD reactivity among our healthcare wor
kers (HCWs) obligates us to develop programs suitable to the prevailin
g conditions of Latin American hospitals to control TB inside healthca
re facilities.