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Emergence of High-Level Mupirocin Resistance in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated From Brazilian University Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kátia Regina Netto dos Santos ,
Leila de Souza Fonseca  and
Paulo Pinto Gontijo Filho
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Abstract

Surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was implemented in Rio de Janeiro and Uberlândia University Hospitals, which had different policies on use of mupirocin. One hundred fourteen multiresistant MRSA strains were isolated from 62 patients. Mupirocin resistance was observed in 63% of strains in Rio de Janeiro, where there was extensive use of topical mupirocin, and 6.1% in Uberlândia, where its use was rare.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 12 , December 1996 , pp. 813 - 816
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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