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Periódicos Brasileiros em Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia

p. 865-868

Hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the PVL gene outbreak in a Public Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Brust, TársisCosta, Thaina Miranda daAmorim, José CarlosAsensi, Marise DutraFernandes, OctavioAguiar-Alves, Fábio

Hospital associated methicillin-resist Staphylococcus aureus has long been associated to outbreaks in the hospital environment. In this work, we investigated an outbreak of Hospital associated methicillin-resist Staphylococcus aureus carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene, which occurred in a large community hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.(AU)

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