| Literature DB >> 21940478 |
Seyed Asghar Havaei1, Sinisa Vidovic, Narimani Tahmineh, Kazemi Mohammad, Karbalaei Mohsen, Stefania Starnino, Jo-Anne R Dillon.
Abstract
The majority of Staphylococcus aureus infections from Isfahan, Iran, were caused by epidemic methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) lineages, sequence type 8 (ST8), ST22, ST30, and ST6. The predominant methicillin-resistant S. aureus strain was ST239. We observed a high prevalence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive MSSA strains (19.7%), which is a matter of considerable concern, since these strains have the ability to cause severe infections.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21940478 PMCID: PMC3209102 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05445-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948