Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. MRSA Among Burn Patients: Relevance, Epidemiology and Control
Carlos Magno Castelo Branco Fortaleza and Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha (Department of Tropical Diseases, Botucatu School of Medicine, Unesp – Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 2. Community-Associated Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in Special Groups
Camila Sena Martins de Souza, Nathalia Bibiana Teixeira and Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Botucatu Institute of Biosciences, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SĂŁo Paulo State, Brazil)
Chapter 3. Molecular Epidemiology of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA)
Priscila Luiza Mello, Luiza Pinheiro, Lisiane de Almeida Martins and Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Botucatu Biosciences Institute, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SĂŁo Paulo State, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 4. Epidemiology of Highly Adaptable Clones: ST398 and Human Diseases
LĂgia Maria AbraĂŁo, Mariana Fávero Bonesso, Eliane PatrĂcia Lino Pereira-Franchi and Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Botucatu Institute of Biosciences, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista. Botucatu, SĂŁo Paulo State, Brazil)
Chapter 5. Staphylococcus spp. in Bloodstream Infections
Aydir CecĂlia Marinho Monteiro and Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Botucatu Institute of Biosciences, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SĂŁo Paulo State, Brazil)
Chapter 6. Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Newborns
Danilo Flávio Moraes Riboli, ThaĂs Alves Barbosa and Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Botucatu Institute of Biosciences, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SĂŁo Paulo State, Brazil)
Chapter 7. Staphylococcus spp. in the Etiology of Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis: Risk Factors of the Host and Microorganism
Ana Cláudia Moro Lima dos Santos and Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Botucatu Institute of Biosciences, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SĂŁo Paulo State, Brazil)
Chapter 8. Staphylococcus aureus: Superantigens and Autoimmunity
Thais Graziela Donegá França and Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Botucatu Institute of Biosciences, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista. Botucatu, SĂŁo Paulo State, Brazil)
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