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- Title
Genome and virulence determinants of high virulence community-acquired MRSA.
- Authors
Baba, Tadashi; Takeuchi, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Makoto; Yuzawa, Harumi; Aoki, Ken-ichi; Oguchi, Akio; Nagai, Yoshimi; Iwama, Natsuko; Asano, Kazuyuki; Naimi, Timothy; Kuroda, Hiroko; Cui, Longzhu; Yamamoto, Kenji; Hiramatsu, Keiichi
- Abstract
A new type of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), designated community-acquired MRSA, is becoming increasingly noticeable in the community, some strains of which cause fatal infections in otherwise healthy individuals. By contrast with hospital-acquired MRSA, community-acquired MRSA is more susceptible to non b-lactam antibiotics. We investigated the high virulence potential of certain strains of this bacterium.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2002, Vol 359, Issue 9320, p1819
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(02)08713-5