Frequent carriage of panton-valentine leucocidin genes by Staphylococcus aureus isolates from surgically drained abscesses

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3203-3207

  Issartel, Bertrand ^a   Tristan, Anne ^b   Lechevallier, Sylvain ^c   Bruyère, Franck ^a   Lina, Gerard ^b   Garin, Benoît ^c   Lacassin, Flore ^a   Bes, Michèle ^b   Vandenesch, François ^b   Etienne, Jerome ^b  

^a CHT Gaston Bourret ^*  (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETIC SCREENING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PANTON VALENTINE LEUCOCIDIN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ADULT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER STATE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; NOSE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 22144453256     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3203-3207.2005     Document Type: Article

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