[HTML][HTML] Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton–Valentine leukocidin in a retrospective case series from 12 French hospital laboratories, 2000 …

J Robert, J Etienne, X Bertrand… - Clinical microbiology …, 2005 - Elsevier
J Robert, J Etienne, X Bertrand
Clinical microbiology and infection, 2005Elsevier
ABSTRACT A retrospective analysis of hospital laboratory databases for 2000–2003 found
that 0.4–1.0% of methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus isolates had an antibiotic
susceptibility pattern associated previously with the production of Panton–Valentine
leukocidin (PVL). Of 81 isolates of this type, 35 were available for molecular testing. Each of
the 35 available isolates carried the PVL genes, and 33 of these 35 isolates had an identical
SmaI pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern.
Abstract
A retrospective analysis of hospital laboratory databases for 2000–2003 found that 0.4–1.0% of methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus isolates had an antibiotic susceptibility pattern associated previously with the production of Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL). Of 81 isolates of this type, 35 were available for molecular testing. Each of the 35 available isolates carried the PVL genes, and 33 of these 35 isolates had an identical SmaI pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern.
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