Frequency of panton-valentine leukocidin-producing methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus strains in patients with complicated skin and soft tissue infection in Bronx, New York

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2992-2995

  Kaltsas, Anna ^a   Guh, Alice ^a   Mediavilla, José R ^b   Varshney, Avanish K ^c   Robiou, Natalie ^d   Gialanellia, Philip ^a   Henry, Michael ^e   Levi, Michael H ^a   Fries, Bettina C ^a,c  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; METICILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INCISION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79960946393     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00704-11     Document Type: Article

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