Open AccessCommunity acquired MRSA infections in a paediatric population in Greece
Author(s) -
S. Vourli,
D. Perimeni,
A. Makri,
Michalis Polemis,
Aliki Voyiatzi,
A. Vatopoulos
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.10.05.00537-en
Subject(s) - fusidic acid , leukocidin , panton–valentine leukocidin , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , tetracycline , staphylococcal skin infections , kanamycin , medicine , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , population , antibiotics , virology , biology , bacteria , environmental health , genetics
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.