Community-acquired pneumonia and bacteremia caused by an unusual methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain with sequence type 36, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IV and Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2006 Sep;25(9):604-6. doi: 10.1007/s10096-006-0195-y.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / genetics
  • Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Empyema / microbiology
  • Exotoxins / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Leukocidins / genetics*
  • Male
  • Methicillin Resistance / drug effects
  • Methicillin Resistance / genetics*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / genetics*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Exotoxins
  • Leukocidins
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin