International Journal of Microbiology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 472126, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/472126
Research Article

Characteristics of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) Strains Isolated from Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections in Uruguay

Lorena Pardo,1 Virginia Machado,1 Marta Mollerach,2 María Inés Mota,1 Lorena P. N. Tuchscherr,3 Pilar Gadea,1 Noella Gardella,2 Daniel O. Sordelli,3 Magdalena Vola,1 Felipe Schelotto,1 and Gustavo Varela1

1Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Institute of Hygiene, School of Medicine, Universidad de la República, Alfredo Navarro, 3051 Montevideo, Uruguay
2Cátedra de Microbiología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956, 1113 Buenos Aires, Argentina
3Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, 1113 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Received 27 May 2009; Accepted 6 August 2009

Academic Editor: John R. Tagg

Copyright © 2009 Lorena Pardo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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