title: Infection with Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus t034.
abstract: Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), sequence type 398 is believed to be of animal origin. We report 2 cases of infection due to PVL-positive MRSA, spa type t034, in patients in Sweden who had had no animal contact.
authors.affiliation: Bacteriological Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden. christina.welinder-olsson@vgregion.se
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Welinder-Olsson
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Florén-Johansson
authors.forename: Leif
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larsson
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oberg
authors.forename: Lisbeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Karlsson
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ahrén
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000665:Ampholyte Mixtures; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000665:Ampholyte Mixtures; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin