Molecular characterization and Panton-Valentine leucocidin typing of community-acquired methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3069-3072

  Otokunefor, Kome ^a,b   Sloan, Tim ^a   Kearns, Angela M ^c   James, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PVL GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEG GENE; SEI GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPA GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROPHAGES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865173822     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00602-12     Document Type: Article

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