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Clinical and molecular characteristics of staphylococcal skin abscesses in children.
- Source :
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The Journal of pediatrics [J Pediatr] 2007 Dec; Vol. 151 (6), pp. 700-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Oct 26. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Forty-nine children with skin abscesses (36 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and 13 methicillin-susceptible S. aureus) exhibited similar disease severity. Both pathogen groups were pulse field type USA300, multilocus sequence type 8, and possessed Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes. Related microbial genetic architecture may account for similarities in disease severity despite differences in antibiotic susceptibility.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Chromosomes, Bacterial genetics
Community-Acquired Infections microbiology
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Female
Humans
Infant
Leukocidins genetics
Lysophospholipase genetics
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Severity of Illness Index
Staphylococcal Skin Infections classification
Staphylococcus aureus classification
Staphylococcus aureus isolation & purification
Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity
Abscess microbiology
Genes, Bacterial
Methicillin Resistance
Staphylococcal Skin Infections microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus genetics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1097-6833
- Volume :
- 151
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of pediatrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18035157
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.07.040