Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carrying Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes: Worldwide Emergence

Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carrying Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes: Worldwide Emergence

Infections caused by community-acquired (CA)-methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have been reported worldwide. We assessed whether any common genetic markers existed among 117 CA-MRSA isolates from the United States, France, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and Western Samoa by pe...

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Main Authors: François Vandenesch, Timothy Naimi, Mark C. Enright, Gerard Lina, Graeme R. Nimmo, Helen Heffernan, Nadia Liassine, Michèle Bes, Timothy Greenland, Marie-Elisabeth Reverdy, Jerome Etienne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Australia
bacterial toxins
communicable diseases
community-acquired infections
emerging bacterial infections
enterotoxins
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/8/03-0089_article

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