First case of intrafamily transmission of a new MRSA clone with toxic shock syndrome toxin-1

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 675-676

  Lemaire, Xavier ^a   Legout, Laurence ^a   Francois, Claire ^a   Lina, Gerard ^b   Beltrand, Eric ^c   Senneville, Eric ^a   Dubreuil, Luc ^a   Etienne, Jerome ^b   Yazdanpanah, Yazdan ^a  

^a Service Universitaire des Maladies Infectieuses et du Voyageur   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c Service d'Orthopedie et de Traumatologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FUSIDIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; VANCOMYCIN;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR DISLOCATION; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALLOGRAFT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; DEBRIDEMENT; FAMILY; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; OSTEOMYELITIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUPPURATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ADULT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROTOXINS; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL CAVITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECURRENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 48249149528     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701827499     Document Type: Article

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