Burns
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1104-1111, December 2009

Risk factors for acquisition of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among patients from a burn unit in Brazil

  • Taylor Endrigo Toscano Olivo

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Estadual Bauru (Bauru State Hospital), Bauru City, São Paulo State, Brazil
    • Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Botucatu School of Medicine), Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu City, São Paulo State, Brazil
  • ,
  • Edson Carvalho de Melo

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Estadual Bauru (Bauru State Hospital), Bauru City, São Paulo State, Brazil
    • Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Botucatu School of Medicine), Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu City, São Paulo State, Brazil
  • ,
  • Cristiane Rocha

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Estadual Bauru (Bauru State Hospital), Bauru City, São Paulo State, Brazil
  • ,
  • Carlos Magno C.B. Fortaleza

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Estadual Bauru (Bauru State Hospital), Bauru City, São Paulo State, Brazil
    • Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Botucatu School of Medicine), Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu City, São Paulo State, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Departamento de Doenças Tropicais, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Distrito de Rubião Júnior, CEP: 18618-970, Botucatu City, São Paulo State, Brazil. Tel.: +55 14 3811 6212; fax: +55 14 3815 9898.

Accepted 17 February 2009.

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PII: S0305-4179(09)00066-7

doi:10.1016/j.burns.2009.02.008

Burns
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1104-1111, December 2009