High clonal heterogeneity of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from skin and soft-tissue infections in the Province of Bolzano, Northern Italy

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 522-525

  Aschbacher, Richard ^a   Pichon, Bruno ^b   Spoladore, Greta ^c   Pagani, Elisabetta ^a   Innocenti, Patrizia ^a   Moroder, Ludwig ^a   Ganner, Mark ^b   Hill, Robert ^b   Pike, Rachel ^b   Ganthaler, Oswald ^d   Pagani, Leonardo ^c   Larcher, Clara ^a   Kearns, Angela ^b  

^a Laboratorio Aziendale di Microbiologia e Virologia   (Italy)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Reparto di Malattie Infettive   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento di Patologia Clinica   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACME; Arginine catabolic mobile element; CA MRSA; Community associated meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Panton Valentine leukocidin; PVL; SCCmec; ST93

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; ITALY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860474580     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.02.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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