Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Germany associated with travel or foreign family origin

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 637-639

  Maier, J ^a   Melzl, H ^a   Reischl, U ^a   Drubel, I ^b   Witte, W ^c   Lehn, N ^a   Linde, H ^a  

^a Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM FÜRTH   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ARMY; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE EAST; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN POSITIVE METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; EXOTOXINS; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRAVEL;

EID: 26844534502     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-0008-8     Document Type: Article

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