The emerging ST8 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in the community in Japan: Associated infections, genetic diversity, and comparative genomics

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-240

  Iwao, Yasuhisa ^a   Ishii, Rumiko ^b   Tomita, Yusuke ^d   Shibuya, Yasuhiro ^e   Takano, Tomomi ^a   Hung, Wei Chun ^a   Higuchi, Wataru ^a   Isobe, Hirokazu ^a   Nishiyama, Akihito ^a   Yano, Mio ^c   Matsumoto, Tetsuya ^f   Ogata, Kikuyo ^g   Okubo, Takeshi ^h   Khokhlova, Olga ^a   Ho, Pak Leung ⁱ   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Akashi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Oita Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science   (Japan)

^h Niigata Prefectural Muikamachi Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Community acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA MRSA); Comparative genomics; Diversity; Evolution; Infections; ST8 CA MRSA J; Toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST 1)

Indexed keywords

CEFDINIR; CEFDITOREN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; NORFLOXACIN; PANIPENEM; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; COLITIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMPETIGO BULLOSA; INFANT; INFLUENZA; JAPAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NECROTIZING PNEUMONIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

EID: 84863318559     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-012-0379-6     Document Type: Article

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