Community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus carrying panton-valentine leukocidin genes: Worldwide emergence

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 978-984

  Vandenesch, François ^a   Naimi, Timothy ^b   Enright, Mark C ^c   Lina, Gerard ^a   Nimmo, Graeme R ^d   Heffernan, Helen ^e   Liassine, Nadia ^f   Bes, Michèle ^a   Greenland, Timothy ^g   Reverdy, Marie Elisabeth ^a   Etienne, Jerome ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Antibiotic Reference Laboratory   (New Zealand)

^f Bioanalytique Riotton   (Switzerland)

^g UMR 754   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FRANCE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAMOA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041624517     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0908.030089     Document Type: Article

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