Community-acquired pneumonia and bacteremia caused by an unusual methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain with sequence type 36, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IV and Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 604-606

  Soderquist B ^a   Berglund, C ^a   Stralin K ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCIDIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PVL GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EMPYEMA; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33748600402     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0195-y     Document Type: Article

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