First report of Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus ST88 harbouring ΦSa2usa isolated from refractory breast abscesses in Japan

A methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus with Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL) genes was isolated from refractory breast abscesses of 12-year-old girl in Japan, and classified into ST88, spa-t1245 and coa-IIIa. This strain harboured PVL phage ΦSa2usa, which is usually found in ST8 community-...

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Autores principales: Togashi, A., Aung, M.S., Yoto, Y., Akane, Y., Tsugawa, T., Kawaguchiya, M., Tsutsumi, H., Kobayashi, N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4941198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27453786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2016.06.006

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