Invasive infection caused by a community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain not carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin in South Korea

Seung Soon Lee; Yu Jin Kim; Doo Ryeon Chung; Ki-Suck Jung; Jae-Seok Kim

doi:10.1128/JCM.00297-09

Invasive infection caused by a community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain not carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin in South Korea

J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jan;48(1):311-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00297-09. Epub 2009 Nov 4.

Authors

Seung Soon Lee¹, Yu Jin Kim, Doo Ryeon Chung, Ki-Suck Jung, Jae-Seok Kim

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang-si, Seoul, South Korea.

Abstract

Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-negative, SCCmec type IVa strains are the most common strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) circulating in the community in South Korea. This report describes five elderly patients presenting in 2006 to 2007 with invasive community-associated MRSA infection caused by a PVL-negative, SCCmec type IVa strain with sequence type 72 and spa type t324.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacterial Toxins / biosynthesis*
Bacterial Toxins / genetics
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Exotoxins / biosynthesis*
Exotoxins / genetics
Female
Genotype
Humans
Leukocidins / biosynthesis*
Leukocidins / genetics
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / pathogenicity*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Republic of Korea
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*

Substances

Bacterial Toxins
DNA, Bacterial
Exotoxins
Leukocidins
Panton-Valentine leukocidin