%0 Journal Article %T Contamina£¿£¿o bacteriana de estetosc¨®pios das unidades de pediatria em um hospital universit¨¢rio %A Xavier %A Marcelo Souza %A Ueno %A Mariko %J Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical %D 2009 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT %R 10.1590/S0037-86822009000200026 %X evaluation of the contamination of stethoscopes used in pediatric units of a hospital and emergency service showed that 87% of them presented contaminated diaphragms. coagulase-negative staphylococcus was the microorganism most frequently isolated. the resistance to antibiotics indicates that stethoscopes should be considered to be an important vehicle for disseminating bacteria resistant to antibiotics. %K stethoscope diaphragm %K disinfection %K resistance to antibiotics. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0037-86822009000200026&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en