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- Title
Prevalence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates phenotypically consistent with community-acquired MRSA, 1999-2007, Vienna General Hospital.
- Authors
Bauer, C C; Apfalter, P; Daxboeck, F; Bachhofner, N; Stadler, M; Blacky, A; Diab-Elschahawi, M; Assadian, O
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates with antibiotic resistance restricted to beta-lactam antibiotics and variable resistance to fusidic acid for the presence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) genes. Our data show that the selected resistance pattern is found rarely among MRSA isolates in our hospital, but it appears that this phenotype consistent with typical community-acquired (ca) MRSA is indicative of PVL-positive MRSA.
- Publication
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2009, Vol 28, Issue 8, p909
- ISSN
1435-4373
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10096-009-0721-9