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Evaluation of Interhospital Spread of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Using Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis of Chromosomal DNA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Helio S. Sader ,
Antonio C. Pignatari ,
Richard J. Hollis  and
Ronald N. Jones
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Abstract:

The widespread dissemination of a single clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in several hospitals in Sao Paulo could make the intrahospital epidemiologic evaluation of MRSA outbreaks very difficult. The high index of PPD reactivity among our healthcare workers (HCWs) obligates us to develop programs suitable to the prevailing conditions of Latin American hospitals to control TB inside healthcare facilities.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 15 , Issue 5 , May 1994 , pp. 320 - 323
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1994

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