Successful Termination of a Furunculosis Outbreak Due to lukS-lukF-Positive, Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a German Village by Stringent Decolonization, 2002-2005 | Zendy

Miriam WiesePosselt | Zendy; D Heuck | Zendy; Annette Draeger | Zendy; Martin Mielke | Zendy; Wolfgang Witte | Zendy; A Ammon | Zendy; Osamah Hamouda | Zendy

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Successful Termination of a Furunculosis Outbreak Due to lukS-lukF-Positive, Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a German Village by Stringent Decolonization, 2002-2005

Author(s) -

Miriam WiesePosselt,

D Heuck,

Annette Draeger,

Martin Mielke,

Wolfgang Witte,

A Ammon,

Osamah Hamouda

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/517503

Subject(s) - medicine , mupirocin , outbreak , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , panton–valentine leukocidin , staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcal skin infections , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , odds ratio , dermatology , virology , biology , bacteria , genetics

Skin infections due to Staphylococcus aureus have recently become a public concern, mainly because of emerging resistance against widely used antibiotics and specific virulence determinants. Strains harboring the lukS-lukF gene (which codes for Panton-Valentine leukocidin) are frequently associated with severe furunculosis. Generally applicable strategies for the control of community outbreaks of furunculosis have not been defined.

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