Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Taiwan

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Taiwan

We found a virulent closely related clone (Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive, SCCmec V:ST59) of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in inpatients and outpatients in Taiwan. The isolates were found mostly in wounds but were also detected in blood, ear, respiratory, and other specimens; all...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2005-11, Vol.11 (11), p.1760-1763
Hauptverfasser: Chen, Feng-Jui, Lauderdale, Tsai-Ling, Huang, I-Wen, Lo, Hsiu-Jung, Lai, Jui-Fen, Wang, Hui-Yin, Shiau, Yih-Ru, Chen, Pei-Chen, Ito, Teruyo, Hiramatsu, Keichii
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Sprache:eng
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Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Bacterial Proteins - genetics
Bacterial Toxins
Chromosomes, Bacterial - genetics
Dispatch
Epidemiology
Exotoxins
Health aspects
Humans
Leukocidins
Methicillin resistance
Methicillin Resistance - genetics
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, Community-associated MRSA, Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), SCCmec V
Molecular Epidemiology
Prevalence
Risk factors
Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus - classification
Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus - genetics
Staphylococcus aureus - pathogenicity
Taiwan
Taiwan - epidemiology
Virulence - genetics
Wound Infection - epidemiology
Wound Infection - microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:We found a virulent closely related clone (Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive, SCCmec V:ST59) of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in inpatients and outpatients in Taiwan. The isolates were found mostly in wounds but were also detected in blood, ear, respiratory, and other specimens; all were susceptible to ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1111.050367