Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Taiwan.
We found a virulent closely related clone (Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive, SCCmec V:ST59) of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in inpatients and outpatients in Taiwan. The isolates were found mostly in wounds but were also detected in blood, ear, respiratory, and other specimens; all were susceptible to ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
Chen
Feng-Jui
FJ
Division of Clinical Research, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan, Republic of China. lauderdale@nhri.org.tw
Lauderdale
Tsai-Ling
TL
Huang
I-Wen
IW
Lo
Hsiu-Jung
HJ
Lai
Jui-Fen
JF
Wang
Hui-Yin
HY
Shiau
Yih-Ru
YR
Chen
Pei-Chen
PC
Ito
Teruyo
T
Hiramatsu
Keichii
K
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005098:Exotoxins; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin