PantonValentine leucocidin gene carriage among Staphylococcus aureus strains recovered from skin and soft tissue infections in Turkey

Date
2012
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KESKİN YALÇIN, Başak
Eksioglu, Meral
KARAHAN, ZEYNEP CEREN
Kilic, Selcuk
Atakan, Nilgun
Esen, Berrin
Demir, Tulin
Coplu, Nilay
Bayrak, Hasan
Turan, Meral
Buyukguclu, Tuncay
Aksu, Neriman
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Abstract
Regardless of methicillin resistance, PantonValentine leucocidin (PVL)-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates are associated with various types of infections and outbreaks. Limited data exist about the PVL content of S. aureus strains in Turkey. In this multicentre study, we aimed to assess the PVL positivity and antimicrobial susceptibilities of S. aureus isolates recovered from skin and soft tissue samples of both community and nosocomial origin in the study period, 200708.
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12627/178368
https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkr568
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