Community acquired MRSA infections in a paediatric population in Greece |
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| Authors: | Vourli S Perimeni D Makri A Polemis M Voyiatzi A Vatopoulos A |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece. |
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| Abstract: | We investigated the characteristics of 20 community acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated in a paediatric hospital in Athens. Eighteen of these, all isolated from skin and soft tissue infections, carried the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) determinants. They all were found resistant to fusidic acid, tetracycline and kanamycin, and displayed a PFGE pattern identical to that of the well-described ST80 CA-MRSA clone circulating in various European countries. |
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