Illicit drug users, alcoholics, and psychiatric patients: Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization on the border between community and healthcare settings

Author(s)

Silvestre, Mairis Alarcao Duarte de Oliveira ^[1] ; Barbosa, Marina ^[1] ; Teixeira, Nathalia Bibiana ^[2] ; Riboli, Danilo Flavio Moraes ^[2] ; de Souza, Matheus Cristovam ^[2] ; da Cunha, Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza ^[2] ; Fortaleza, Carlos Magno Castelo Branco ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Estadual Paulista, Sao Paulo State Univ, Botucatu Sch Med, Fac Med Botucatu, Dept Trop Dis, UNESP, Botucatu, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Paulista, Sao Paulo State Univ, Botucatu Inst Biosci, UNESP, Inst Biociencias Botucatu, Dept Microbiol & Immuno, Botucatu, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Letter
• Source: INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; v. 42, n. 12, p. 1544-1546, DEC 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 2

Abstract

• FAPESP's process: 17/01575-8 - Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in patients living in psychiatrist hospitals and chemical dependents attended at referenced hospital service in Botucatu -SP, Brazil
• Grantee: Matheus Cristovam de Souza
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• FAPESP's process: 11/06988-2 - Nasopharyngeal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in the population of Botucatu City, São Paulo State, Brazil: prevalence, risk factors, resistance to antimicrobials and molecular epidemiology
• Grantee: Carlos Magno Castelo Branco Fortaleza
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants