Transmission of a Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain between humans and a dog.
Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains with identical resistance patterns were cultured from recurrent infections of a 51-year-old patient, her healthy husband, son, and dog, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that all MRSA strains were indistinguishable.
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Bacteriology Division, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80165, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands. E.duijkeren@vet.uu.nl
Wolfhagen
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Heck
M E O C
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Wannet
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D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D004285:Dogs; D005098:Exotoxins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin