title: Three-year survey of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin in a French university hospital.
abstract: A retrospective survey was conducted at Bicêtre Hospital, France from January 2001 to September 2003 to screen for S. aureus isolates with a typical phenotype previously involved in necrotizing pneumonia in France. They were resistant to oxacillin and kanamycin, of intermediate susceptibility to fusidic acid, and susceptible to tobramycin and fluoroquinolones. Seventeen isolates were found and 16 were viable. The Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) genes, various toxin genes and SCCmec IV and agr3 alleles were detected in all isolates. The clonal origin of these isolates was demonstrated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Fourteen isolates were community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (CA-MRSA) isolated from previously healthy patients with skin or soft tissue infections. Three infections were of nosocomial origin, underlining that these PVL-producing CA-MRSA strains may also be hospital acquired. Five CA-MRSA isolates with an identical resistance phenotype collected in a neighbouring teaching hospital (Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France) were also PVL positive. Three isolates were clonally related to those of the Bicêtre Hospital whereas two were not. This retrospective study identified PVL-producing CA-MRSA in two Parisian hospitals. The incidence at Bicêtre Hospital was 0.8% of all S. aureus and 2% of all MRSA isolated. Our data indicate that these MRSA isolates might become hospital acquired.
authors: Service de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. thierry.naas@vct.ap-hop-pairs.fr
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Naas
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Fortineau
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Spicq
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Robert
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Jarlier
authors: P
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authors: Nordmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007956:Leukocidins; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C095698:Agr protein, Staphylococcus aureus; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin; D015534:Trans-Activators; D037521:Virulence Factors