Emergence of Virulent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Carrying Panton-Valentine Leucocidin Genes in The Netherlands
ABSTRACT Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains carrying the Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL) genes have been reported worldwide and are a serious threat to public health. The PVL genes encode a highly potent toxin which is involved in severe skin infections and necrotizing pneumonia, even in previously healthy individuals. We assessed the prevalence of PVL-positive MRSA in The Netherlands for two periods of time: (i) 1987 through 1995 and (ii) 2000 and 2002, and determined their characteristics by using multilocus sequence typing and staphylococcal chromosome cassette (SC... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2005 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology ; volume 43, issue 7, page 3341-3345 ; ISSN 0095-1137 1098-660X |
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American Society for Microbiology
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Schlagwörter: | Microbiology (medical) |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26800275 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jcm.43.7.3341-3345.2005 |