Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the mecC gene: Emergence in Spain and report of a fatal case of bacteraemia

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-50

  Garcĺa Garrote, Fernando ^a   Cercenado, Emilia ^b,c   Marĺn, Mercedes ^b   Bal, Mercedes ^a   Trincado, Pilar ^d   Corredoira, Juan ^a   Ballesteros, Carmen ^d   Pita, Julia ^a   Alonso, Pilar ^a   Vindel, Ana ^d  

^a Hospital Lucus Augusti   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community associated MRSA; Livestock associated MRSA; Skin and soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; SYNOVIAL FLUID; URINE; WOUND;

COMMUNITY-ASSOCIATED MRSA; LIVESTOCK-ASSOCIATED MRSA; SKIN AND SOFT-TISSUE INFECTIONS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CEFOXITIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84890339986     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt327     Document Type: Article

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