title: Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Finland in 2004 to 2006.
abstract: A nationwide population-based study on community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in Finland during 2004 to 2006 showed that both incidence (1.9/100,000 population) and strain variation increased in comparison to years 1997 to 1999. There were 7 community-associated epidemic and 25 sporadic MRSA strain types. Half of these had Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, Helsinki, Finland. mari.kanerva@hus.fi
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanerva
authors.forename: Saara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salmenlinna
authors.forename: Jaana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vuopio-Varkila
authors.forename: Pirkko
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lehtinen
authors.forename: Teemu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Möttönen
authors.forename: Mikko J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Virtanen
authors.forename: Outi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lyytikäinen
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin; D037521:Virulence Factors