Healthcare-associated outbreaks and community-acquired infections due to MRSA carrying the Panton-Valentine leucocidin gene in southeastern Germany

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 419-422

  Linde, H ^a   Wagenlehner, F ^b   Strommenger, B ^c   Drubel, I ^d   Tanzer, J ^e   Reischl, U ^a   Raab, U ^a   Holler C ^f   Naber, K G ^b   Witte, W ^c   Hanses, F ^g   Salzberger, B ^g   Lehn, N ^a  

^a Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene   (Germany)

^b Urologische Klinik   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM FÜRTH   (Germany)

^e Seniorenheim St Nikola   (Germany)

^f Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit LGL ^*  (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 21644473389     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-1341-7     Document Type: Article

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