Short report: Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus infections in returning travelers

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 748-750

  Tappe, Dennis ^a,b   Schulze, Marco H ^b   Oesterlein, Anett ^a   Turnwald, Doris ^a   Müller, Andreas ^b   Vogel, Ulrich ^a   Stich, August ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Medical Mission Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FRESH WATER; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; RIFAMPICIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MONOTHERAPY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; TRAVEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 79958066231     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0252     Document Type: Article

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