Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes from Rio de Janeiro hospitals.Raiane Cardoso Chamon, Natalia Lopes Pontes Póvoa Iorio, Sthefanie da Silva Ribeiro, Fernanda Sampaio Cavalcante, Kátia Regina Netto dos SantosDiagnostic microbiology and infectious disease2015In a collection of 50 pvl-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from 10 Rio de Janeiro hospitals, 18 (36%) were from bloodstream infections, and 31 (62%) carried the SCCmec IV. Among 25 (50%)… (More)