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Braz. j. infect. dis
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14(3): 316-318, May-June 2010.
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-556849
ABSTRACT
In a study of university students, the percentage nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus was 40.8 percent (102/250). Of the isolates, MIC50 of methicillin was 0.5 µg/mL and MIC90 was 1 µg/mL. Six (5.8 percent) isolates were methicillin-resistant and carried the mecA gene. These results suggest that community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus may be spreading in Brazil.