Pediatric cases from colombia caused by a panton-valentine leukocidin-positive community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus ST8-SCCmecIVc clone

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 935-

  Méndez Alvarez, Sebastián ^a,e   Alvarez Olmos, Martha Isabel ^a   Enríquez, Sandra P ^a   Pérez Roth, Eduardo ^b   Escobar, Javier ^c   Vanegas, Natasha ^c   Moreno, Jaime ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE   (Colombia)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLONE; COLOMBIA; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FURUNCULOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECK; OSTEOMYELITIS; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PYOMYOSITIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

EID: 70349654143     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181b2102b     Document Type: Letter

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