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Oxacillin-Resistant and Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Lima, Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

C. Seas ,
K. Hernandez ,
R. Ramos ,
E. Bazan ,
I. Rodriguez ,
A. Torres ,
C. Zamudio  and
E. Gotuzzo
C. Seas*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Tropicales y Dermatológicas, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
K. Hernandez
Affiliation:
Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
R. Ramos
Affiliation:
Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
E. Bazan
Affiliation:
Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
I. Rodriguez
Affiliation:
Departamento de Patología, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
A. Torres
Affiliation:
Departamento de Patología, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
C. Zamudio
Affiliation:
Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
E. Gotuzzo
Affiliation:
Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Tropicales y Dermatológicas, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
*
Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Av. Honorio Delgado 430, AP 4314, Lima 100, Perú (cseas@upch.edu.pe)
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Abstract

In a hospital in Lima, Peru, a review of 103 Staphylococcus aureus infections was conducted during 2002. The prevalence of oxacillin-resistant S. aureus strains was 68%; 25% of strains were resistant to multiple drugs. Previous use of antibiotics and undergoing a surgical procedure during the current hospital stay were associated with the presence of an oxacillin-resistant S. aureus strain.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , February 2006 , pp. 198 - 200
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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