Emergence of the community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 clone in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 439-441

  Shibuya, Yasuhiro ^a   Hara, Mitsuhiko ^a   Higuchi, Wataru ^b   Takano, Tomomi ^b   Iwao, Yasuhisa ^b   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abscess; Arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME); Community acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA MRSA); Panton Valentine leukocidin (PVL)

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIAPENEM; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFACLOR; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTIAM; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLOMOXEF; GENTAMICIN; HABEKACIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; NORFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PANIPENEM; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BLEEDING; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749170263     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-008-0640-1     Document Type: Article

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