Identification and characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp. isolated from surfaces near patients in an intensive care unit of a hospital in southeastern Brazil.
Luciano Freitas FernandesGeziella Áurea Aparecida Damasceno SouzaAnna Christina de AlmeidaLéia CardosoMauro Aparecido de Sousa XavierTalles Patrick Prates PinheiroGuilherme Henrique Santos da CruzHellen Fonseca Silva DouradoWender Soares SilvaAlessandra Rejane Ericsson de Oliveira XavierPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2020)
This study identified the presence of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus on the beds of an intensive care unit, providing evidence for the necessity of assertive actions to decrease the risk of healthcare-associated infections at the site.
Keyphrases
- intensive care unit
- staphylococcus aureus
- healthcare
- biofilm formation
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- mechanical ventilation
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- prognostic factors
- escherichia coli
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- peritoneal dialysis
- emergency department
- patient reported outcomes
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation