National surveillance reveals findings of Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Serbia

J Med Microbiol. 2013 Feb;62(Pt 2):342-344. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.051219-0. Epub 2012 Oct 25.

Authors

Ivana Ćirković¹, Marit Sørum², Dejan Radenković³, Milena Švabić Vlahović³, Anders Rhod Larsen²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
² Department of Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³ Clinical Center of Serbia, Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.

PMID: 23105023
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.051219-0

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Bacterial Toxins / biosynthesis*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Exotoxins / biosynthesis*
Humans
Leukocidins / biosynthesis*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / metabolism*
Multilocus Sequence Typing
Serbia / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*

Substances

Bacterial Toxins
Exotoxins
Leukocidins
Panton-Valentine leukocidin