Virulence gene and expression analysis of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing iliopsoas abscess and discitis with thrombocytopenia

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1004-1008

  Hung, Wei Chun ^a,b   Mori, Hiromitsu ^c   Tsuji, Sayaka ^c   Iwao, Yasuhisa ^a,b   Takano, Tomomi ^a   Nishiyama, Akihito ^a   Reva, Ivan ^a,b   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a,b  

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

^b International Medical Education and Research Center   (Japan)

^c NAGANO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA MRSA); Discitis; Gene expression analysis; Iliopsoas abscess (IPAs); ST8 CA MRSA J; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; EXOTOXIN; MINOCYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DISKITIS; ECZEMA; FEVER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMATURIA; HLD GENE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ILIOPSOAS ABSCESS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PSM ALPHA GENE; SHIVERING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISCITIS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PSOAS ABSCESS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84885957844     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-013-0561-5     Document Type: Article

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