Severe human bone infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the novel mecC variant

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2013 Dec;68(12):2949-50. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkt274. Epub 2013 Jul 5.

Authors

Olivier Barraud¹, Frédéric Laurent, Bruno François, Michèle Bes, Philippe Vignon, Marie-Cécile Ploy

Affiliation

¹ CHU Limoges, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, 2 Avenue Martin Luther King, Limoges F-87042, France.

PMID: 23833187
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt274

No abstract available

Keywords: MRSA; S. aureus; antimicrobial resistance; bone infection; mecC; osteitis.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Genes, Bacterial*
Humans
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Microarray Analysis
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Osteomyelitis / diagnosis*
Osteomyelitis / microbiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
DNA, Bacterial