| Literature DB >> 19605575 |
Kenneth O Okon1, Patrick Basset, Auwalu Uba, Johnson Lin, Bukola Oyawoye, Adebayo O Shittu, Dominique S Blanc.
Abstract
Ninety-six clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from Nigeria were characterized phenotypically and genetically. Twelve multidrug-resistant methicillin (meticillin)-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates carrying a new staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec element and a high proportion of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) isolates were observed. The cooccurrence of multidrug-resistant MRSA and PVL-positive MSSA isolates entails the risk of emergence of a multidrug-resistant PVL-positive MRSA clone.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19605575 PMCID: PMC2738054 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01119-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948