Prevalence of Oxacillin-Susceptible Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage and their Clonal Diversity among Patients Attending Public Health-Care Facilities

Nosocomial infections arise from many microorganisms, including Staphylococcus aureus.The aim of this study is to determine the molecular epidemiology of circulating methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) clones among patients attending community and health-care facilities in Nova Friburgo, RJ, Brazil.A total of 1002 nasal swab samples were collected from May 2010 to September 2015. S. aureus isolates were identified through phenotypic tests,...