Emergence of Panton-Valentine leucocidin among community- and hospital-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Chennai, South India

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-271

  Nagarajan, A ^a   Ananthi, M ^a   Krishnan, P ^a   Reischl, U ^b   Prabha, C ^b,c   Linde, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957663724     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.12.018     Document Type: Letter

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