Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene in Shanghai, China

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 482-483

  Li, Guang Hui ^a,b   Zhang, Ying Yuan ^a   Wang, Fu ^a   Chen, Yi Jian ^a   Nord, Carl Erik ^b   Fang, Hong ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALBAVANCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; TEICOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHINA; DNA SEQUENCE; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ABSCESS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BREAST DISEASES; CHINA; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33750363176     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.06.002     Document Type: Letter

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