Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains resistant to multiple antibiotics and carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes in an Algiers hospital.
Forty-five Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains were isolated in Algeria between 2003 and 2004; 18 isolates were isolated in the community and 27 in a hospital. Five PVL-positive hospital isolates were resistant to multiple antibiotics, including ofloxacin and gentamicin for three isolates.
Service de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Mustapha Pacha, Algiers, Algeria.
Nadjia
N
Ramdani-Bouguessa
Michèle
M
Bes
Hélène
H
Meugnier
Françoise
F
Forey
Marie-Elisabeth
ME
Reverdy
Gerard
G
Lina
François
F
Vandenesch
Mohamed
M
Tazir
Jerome
J
Etienne
D000462:Algeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D000483:Alleles; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics*; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000494:pharmacology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D005839:Gentamicins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin; D015242:Ofloxacin; D008712:Methicillin