Severe human bone infection due to methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus carrying the novel mecC variant

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2949-2950

  Barraud, Olivier ^a,b,c   Laurent, Frédéric ^d,e   François, Bruno ^a,b   Bes, Michéle ^d,e   Vignon, Philippe ^a,b,c   Ploy, Marie Cécile ^a,b,c  

^a LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^d HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^e CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFECTIOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Bone infection; mecC; MRSA; Osteitis; S.aureus

Indexed keywords

CLOXACILLIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BONE INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA MICROARRAY; HUMAN; LETTER; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PAROTITIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; BONE INFECTION; MECC; MRSA; OSTEITIS; S. AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84887545835     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt274     Document Type: Letter

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