title: Emergence of the community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 clone in a Japanese child, demonstrating multiple divergent strains in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Shigenao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mimura
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurosawa
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwao
authors.forename: Shizuka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yabe
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Razvina
authors.forename: Akihito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: Yurika
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeda-Dantsuji
authors.forename: Fuminori
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hanaki
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000382:microbiology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000382:microbiology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013848:Thigh / Q000382:microbiology; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin; D037521:Virulence Factors