Evaluation of nasal colonization of health professionals by meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

• Grant number: 17/01104-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2017
• End date: December 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Microbiology - Biology and Physiology of Microorganisms
• Principal Investigator: Valéria Cataneli Pereira
• Grantee: Isabella Carolina Rodrigues dos Santos Goes
• Host Institution: Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação. Universidade do Oeste Paulista (UNOESTE). Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is considered an opportunistic pathogen and is frequently associated with community-acquired infections and the hospital environment. Infections caused by S. aureus may be aggravated when these bacteria are resistant to antimicrobials used in the treatment of these diseases. In the hospital environment, health professionals are subject to colonization by S. aureus, in the condition of carriers, disseminators and responsible for possible outbreaks of infection. The Family Health Program (FHP), currently defined as Family Health Strategy (FHS), aims to meet the health demands of the population that needs a less complex type of care and may include professionals colonized by S. aureus. Thus, this work proposes the detection and characterization of methicillin resistant S. aureus isolated from health professionals working in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) of a City of West Paulista. (AU)

Scientific publications

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RODRIGUES DOS SANTOS GOES, ISABELLA CAROLINA; ROMERO, LETICIA CALIXTO; TURRA, ANA JULIA; GOTARDI, MARIA ANGELICA; SILVA DE OLIVEIRA RODRIGUES, TALYSSA FERNANDES; SANTOS, LALESSA DE OLIVEIRA; DAS DORES, JESSICA CRISTINA; DO NASCIMENTO, MICHEL ULLOFFO; CAVALLERI, ANDRESSA CORTES; PINHEIRO-HUBINGER, LUIZA; et al. revalence of nasal carriers of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in primary health care units in Brazi. Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, v. 63, 2021. (17/01104-5)