Infection with Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus t034.
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.
Welinder-Olsson
Christina
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Bacteriological Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden. christina.welinder-olsson@vgregion.se
Florén-Johansson
Kerstin
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Larsson
Leif
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Oberg
Sven
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Karlsson
Lisbeth
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Ahrén
Christina
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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
D000665:Ampholyte Mixtures; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin