Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Switzerland contains the Panton-Valentine leukocidin or exfoliative toxin genes.
Among 10 strains of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) isolated in 2002 from patients with skin infections, seven harbored the Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene, two harbored the exfoliative toxin A gene, and one harbored neither of these genes. CA-MRSA isolates producing a variety of exotoxins are currently spreading in the Swiss community.
Liassine
Nadia
N
Bioanalytique-Riotton, Unilabs, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland. nlissine@unilabs.ch
Auckenthaler
Raymond
R
Descombes
Marie-Christine
MC
Bes
Michèle
M
Vandenesch
François
F
Etienne
Jerome
J
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005083:Exfoliatins / Q000235:genetics*; D005098:Exotoxins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005083:Exfoliatins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin