Two paediatric cases of skin and soft-tissue infections due to clindamycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying a plasmid-encoded vga(A) allelic variant for a putative efflux pump

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-83

  Qin, Xuan ^a,b   Poon, Brian ^a   Kwong, Justin ^a   Niles, Denver ^a   Schmidt, Byron Z ^a   Rajagopal, Lakshmi ^a,b   Gantt, Soren ^b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clindamycin; Efflux pump; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLASMID; PLASMID VGAA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOGRAMIN A;

EID: 79958065265     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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