Epidemic of Surgical-Site Infections By a Single Clone of Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria in Brazil

Cardoso Leão, Sylvia; Viana-Niero, Cristina; Kayoko Matsumoto, Cristianne; Valéria Batista Lima, Karla; Luiza Diniz de Sousa Lopes, Maria; Palaci, Moisés; Jamil Hadad, David; Alves Vinhas, Solange; Silva Duarte, Rafael; Cristina S. Lourenço, Maria; Kipnis, André; Cândida das Neves, Zilah; Mendez Alcântara Gabardo, Betina; Osório Ribeiro, Marta; Fiorenzano Baethgen, Ludmila; Brandão de Assis, Denise; Madalosso, Geraldine; Chimara, Érica; Pretti Dalcolmo, Margareth

doi:10.2217/fmb.10.49

Public

Epidemic of Surgical-Site Infections By a Single Clone of Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria in Brazil

Published in Future Microbiology • Jun 1, 2010

Authors:

Sylvia Cardoso Leão

Cristina Viana-Niero

Cristianne Kayoko Matsumoto

Abstract

AIM: Our aim is to investigate if the clusters of postsurgical mycobacterial infections, reported between 2004 and 2008 in seven geographically distant states in Brazil, were caused by a single mycobacterial strain. MATERIALS & METHODS: Available information from 929 surgical patients was obtained f...

Subject

clone (Java method)

Biology

Microbiology

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!