%0 Journal Article
%T Epidemiolog¨ªa y microbiolog¨ªa de infecciones debidas a Staphylococcus aureus en Misiones. Primer estudio multic¨¦ntrico
%A von Specht
%A Martha H
%A Kerber
%A Mar¨ªa del C
%A Leguizamon
%A Lorena
%A Salvi Grabulosa
%A Marcelo
%A Robledo
%A Mar¨ªa L
%A Villalba
%A iviana
%A Bello Velazquez
%A G
%A Jord¨¢
%A Graciela
%A Miranda
%A Ana M
%A Gerlach
%A Erica
%A Gonzalez
%A Cristina
%A Grenon
%A Sandra L
%J Revista de ciencia y tecnolog£¿-a
%D 2010
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X the aim of this multicentered study was to know the epidemiological and microbiological characteristics of staphylococcus aureus (sa) causing infections in patients of different age groups a prospective cohort study was designed (september to november, 2009), including all new cases of sa infections. ninety-one isolates were obtained. global resistance to methicillin (mrsa) was 57 %. fifty-two infections (57 %) were community-acquired (ca) and 32 (35 %) were hospital acquired (ha). skin and soft tissues were the most frequent infections (49 %). the meca gene was confirmed in 100 % of mrsa strains. the genes for panton valentine leucocidin were found in 23 isolates particularly in both mrsa-ca (12/19) and mssa-ac (7/13). multiresistant isolates were rare (7.73 %) and they were all mrsa-ha. we emphasize the importance of continuous surveillance and standardization of empirical treatment.
%K staphylococcus aureus
%K infections
%K resistance
%K eidemiology.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1851-75872010000200007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en