Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 13-22 , January 2003

Isolation of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci from patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and comparison of different molecular techniques for discriminating isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis

  • Elaine Marques de Mattos

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Bactérias, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Lenise Arneiro Teixeira

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Tecnologia de Produtos Naturais, Faculdde de Farmácia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Vanda Maria Morgado Alves

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Bactérias, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Cleide Aparecida Ferreira Rezenda e Resende

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Bactérias, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Marcus Vinícius da Silva Coimbra

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Bactérias, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Hospital das Forças Aéreas do Galeão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Maria C.ícera da Silva-Carvalho

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Bactérias, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Bernadete Teixeira Ferreira-Carvalho

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Bactérias, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Agnes Marie Sá Figueiredo

      Affiliations

    • Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Bactérias, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +021-2260-4193; fax: +021-2560-8028.

Received 16 April 2002 ,Accepted 19 August 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0732-8893(02)00477-7

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 13-22 , January 2003

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