First isolation of SCCmec IV- and Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive, sequence type 8, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Israel

J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Oct;48(10):3827-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00746-10. Epub 2010 Jul 28.
No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics*
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
  • DNA Fingerprinting*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Exotoxins / genetics*
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Israel
  • Leukocidins / genetics*
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / pathogenicity*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*

Substances

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