Spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus belonging to the Brazilian epidemic clone in a general hospital and emergence of heterogenous resistance to glycopeptide antibiotics among these isolates

Authors
Soares, JMD da Silva-Carvalho, MC Ferreira-Carvalho, BT Figueiredo, AMS
Citation
Jmd. Soares et al., Spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus belonging to the Brazilian epidemic clone in a general hospital and emergence of heterogenous resistance to glycopeptide antibiotics among these isolates, J HOSP INF, 44(4), 2000, pp. 301-308
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION
ISSN journal
01956701 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
301 - 308
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6701(200004)44:4<301:SOMSAB>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have been inc reasing at an alarming rate world-wide. MRSA epidemics due to the clonal sp read of multi-resistant isolates have been described. In this paper we show the absolute predominance of MRSA strains from the Brazilian epidemic clon e in a hospital in the Northeast region of Brazil and the emergence of a va ncomycin and teicoplanin heterogeneous resistant subpopulation among these isolates. (C) 2000 The Hospital infection Society.