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- Title
Staphylococcus aureus causing tropical pyomyositis, Amazon Basin, Peru.
- Authors
García C; Hallin M; Deplano A; Denis O; Sihuincha M; de Groot R; Gotuzzo E; Jacobs J; García, Coralith; Hallin, Marie; Deplano, Ariane; Denis, Olivier; Sihuincha, Moises; de Groot, Rozanne; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Jacobs, Jan
- Abstract
We studied 12 Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing tropical pyomyositis in the Amazon Basin of Peru. All isolates were methicillin-susceptible; 11 carried Panton-Valentine leukocidin-encoding genes, and 5 belonged to multilocus sequence type 25 and possessed an extensive set of enterotoxins. Our findings suggest sequence type 25 is circulating in tropical areas of South America.
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013, Vol 19, Issue 1, p123
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1901.120819