First outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 harboring the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes among Japanese health care workers and hospitalized patients.
This report describes the first outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 in a general hospital ward in Japan, involving 6 health care workers and 4 patients. This report emphasizes the need for health care personnel to be alert that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harboring Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene poses a threat for both nosocomial and occupational infection.
Nagao
Miki
M
Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Kyoto University Hospital, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Kyoto, Japan. mnagao@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Iinuma
Yoshitsugu
Y
Suzuki
Masahiro
M
Matsushima
Aki
A
Takakura
Shunji
S
Ito
Yutaka
Y
Ichiyama
Satoshi
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics*
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin; D037521:Virulence Factors