Abstract
In a study of university students, the percentage nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus was 40.8% (102/250). Of the isolates, MIC50 of methicillin was 0.5 μg/mL and MIC90 was 1 μg/mL. Six (5.8%) isolates were methicillin-resistant and carried the mecA gene. These results suggest that communityassociated methicillin-resistant S. aureus may be spreading in Brazil. ©Elsevier Editora Ltda.
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Prates, K. A., Torres, A. M., Garcia, L. B., Ogatta, S. F. Y., Cardoso, C. L., & Tognim, M. C. B. (2010). Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in university students. Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 14(3), 316–318. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1413-86702010000300021
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