Invasive infection caused by a community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain not carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin in South Korea.
Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-negative, SCCmec type IVa strains are the most common strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) circulating in the community in South Korea. This report describes five elderly patients presenting in 2006 to 2007 with invasive community-associated MRSA infection caused by a PVL-negative, SCCmec type IVa strain with sequence type 72 and spa type t324.
Lee
Seung Soon
SS
Division of Infectious Diseases, Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang-si, Seoul, South Korea.
Kim
Yu Jin
YJ
Chung
Doo Ryeon
DR
Jung
Ki-Suck
KS
Kim
Jae-Seok
JS
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D056910:Republic of Korea; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin