Emergence of an epidemic clone of community-associated methicillin-resistant panton-valentine leucocidin-negative Staphylococcus aureus in cystic fibrosis patient populations

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Sep;45(9):3146; author reply 3146-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00132-07.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology
  • Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
  • Cystic Fibrosis / complications*
  • Exotoxins / genetics*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Leukocidins / genetics*
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Patients
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification

Substances

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