Potential spread of multidrug-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci through healthcare waste

Introduction: Healthcare waste (HCW) might potentially harbor infective viable microorganisms in sanitary landfills. We investigated the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and the occurrence of the mecA gene in coagulase-negative Staphylococcus strains (CoNS) recovered from the leachate of the HC...

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Main Authors: Thiago César Nascimento, Vânia Lúcia da Silva, Alessandra Barbosa Ferreira-Machado, Cláudio Galuppo Diniz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
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Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/4563
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