Staphylococcus aureus resistente à meticilina em hospitais do Brasil: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria that can cause hospital infections. This may be resistant to methicillin, a short-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic belonging to the penicillin group. The resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to methicillin is determined by mutations in its genes and/or by the acquisition of resistance genes from other bacteria of the same species, or, occasionally, from other species. The spread of this resistance occurs due to the scarcity of resources and failures in control measures to prevent hospital infections. The Hospital Infection Control Service Commission (SCIH) defined procedures and criteria to diagnose an infection in a harmonized way across all health services and control it. The objective is to present a literature review on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The methodology was a literature review, referring to scientific productions on hospital nfections and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Therefore, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (SARM) are strains of bacteria that are resistant to almost all antibiotics and are common when the infection is acquired in the hospital.