Emergence of hospital- and community-associated Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genotype ST772-MRSA-V in Ireland and detailed investigation of an ST772-MRSA-V cluster in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 841-847

  Brennan, Gráinne I ^a   Shore, Anna C ^a,b   Corcoran, Suzanne ^c   Tecklenborg, Sarah ^b   Coleman, David C ^b   O'Connella, Brian ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ENTEROTOXIN; MACROLIDE; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

AACA GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APHA3 GENE; APHD GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; EGC GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; IRELAND; LUKF PV GENE; LUKS PV GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MPBBM GENE; MSRA GENE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCN GENE; SEA GENE; SEC GENE; SEL GENE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; IRELAND; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857408999     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06354-11     Document Type: Article

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