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Conjugative transfer of plasmid p_8N_qac(MN687830.1) carrying qacA gene from St...
Bes, Taniela Marli; Nagano, Debora Satie; Marchi, Ana Paula; Camilo, Gaspar; Perdigão-Neto, Lauro Vieira; Martins, Roberta Ruedas; Levin, Anna SaraThe methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is recognized by its ability to acquire and transferring resistance genes through interspecies conjugative plasmids. However, transference of plasmids from Gram-positive cocci to Gram-negative bacilli is not well characterized. In this report, we describe the transfer of a conjugative plasmid carrying qacA from MRSA to Escherichia coli C600. We performed a ...
Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in indiv...
Bes, Taniela Marli; Martins, Roberta Ruedas; Perdigão, Lauro; Mongelos, Diego; Moreno, Luisa; Moreno, Andrea; Oliveira, Gerson Salvador deStaphylococcus aureus (SA) is a commensal habitant of nasal cavities and skin. Colonization by community-acquired methicillin-resistant SA (CA-MRSA) is associated with infections in patients who have not been recently hospitalized. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of MRSA colonization in an outpatient population, currently unknown in Brazil. Three-hundred patients or caregivers from two teac...