Publications by authors named "Betsy Esperanza Castro Cardozo"
Molecular epidemiology and characterization of virulence genes of community-acquired and hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Colombia.
Bibiana Chavarro Portillo Jaime Enrique Moreno Nancy Yomayusa Carlos Arturo Alvarez Betsy Esperanza Castro Cardozo
Int J Infect Dis
September 2013
Objective: To determine the molecular epidemiology and presence of virulence genes in community-acquired (CA) and hospital-acquired (HA) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates and their relationship to clinical outcomes.
Methods: An observational and prospective study of infections caused by MRSA was conducted between June 2006 and December 2007 across seven hospitals in three Colombian cities. MRSA isolates were analyzed for SCCmec.