TY - JOUR
T1 - First outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 harboring the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes among Japanese health care workers and hospitalized patients
AU - Nagao, Miki
AU - Iinuma, Yoshitsugu
AU - Suzuki, Masahiro
AU - Matsushima, Aki
AU - Takakura, Shunji
AU - Ito, Yutaka
AU - Ichiyama, Satoshi
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - This report describes the first outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 in a general hospital ward in Japan, involving 6 health care workers and 4 patients. This report emphasizes the need for health care personnel to be alert that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harboring Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene poses a threat for both nosocomial and occupational infection.
AB - This report describes the first outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 in a general hospital ward in Japan, involving 6 health care workers and 4 patients. This report emphasizes the need for health care personnel to be alert that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harboring Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene poses a threat for both nosocomial and occupational infection.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.04.214
DO - 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.04.214
M3 - Article
C2 - 20822831
AN - SCOPUS:78049385488
SN - 0196-6553
VL - 38
SP - e37-e39
JO - American Journal of Infection Control
JF - American Journal of Infection Control
IS - 9
ER -