EVALUATION OF INTERHOSPITAL SPREAD OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS IN SAO-PAULO, BRAZIL, USING PULSED-FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS OF CHROMOSOMAL DNA

Authors
SADER HS PIGNATARI AC HOLLIS RJ JONES RN
Citation
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
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection control and hospital epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0899823X
Volume
15
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
320 - 323
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(1994)15:5<320:EOISOM>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
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.