Molecular characteristics of the Taiwanese multiple drug-resistant ST59 clone of Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from pediatric cellulitis

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-149

  Higuchi, Wataru ^a   Hung, Wei Chun ^a,b   Takano, Tomomi ^a   Iwao, Yasuhisa ^a   Ozaki, Kyoko ^a   Isobe, Hirokazu ^a   Teng, Lee Jene ^b   Shimazaki, Tetsuya ^c   Honda, Akihito ^d   Higashide, Masato ^e   Hanaki, Hideaki ^f   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Shimazaki Clinic   (Japan)

^d ASAHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Koutoubiken Medical Laboratories   (Japan)

^f KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Child; Community acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA MRSA); Panton Valentine leucocidin (PVL)

Indexed keywords

AGR1 PROTEIN; AGR1A PROTEIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIAPENEM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFDINIR; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTIAM; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIROME; FLOMOXEF; GENTAMICIN; HABEKACIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; LATAMOXEF; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; MEC PROTEIN; MEROPENEM; OXACILLIN; PANIPENEM; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SEB1 PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMEN; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CLONE; GENE CASSETTE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN;

EID: 77952236566     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-010-0029-9     Document Type: Article

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