DNA typing of cytological samples for retrospective identification of an early case of Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia.
This paper describes a fatal case of culture-confirmed, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia in an 8-month-old child in Hong Kong in 2001. Stored cytological materials prepared from the pleural fluid were retrieved for molecular analysis. The result indicates the presence of a Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive, spa type 019 MRSA.
Ho
P L
PL
Departments of Microbiology, Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. plho@hkucc.hku.hk
Wong
M P
MP
Lai
Eileen L
EL
Chan
K H
KH
Chiu
Susan S
SS
D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics*; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin