Open AccessInvasive Infection Caused by a Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain Not Carrying Panton-Valentine Leukocidin in South Korea
Author(s) -
Seung Soon Lee,
Yu Jin Kim,
Doo Ryeon Chung,
KiSuck Jung,
JaeSeok Kim
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00297-09
Subject(s) - panton–valentine leukocidin , leukocidin , staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , strain (injury) , staphylococcal infections , staphylococcal skin infections , virology , medicine , biology , bacteria , genetics
Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-negative, SCCmec type IVa strains are the most common strains of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus (MRSA) circulating in the community in South Korea. This report describes five elderly patients presenting in 2006 to 2007 with invasive community-associated MRSA infection caused by a PVL-negative, SCCmec type IVa strain with sequence type 72 andspa type t324.