First outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 harboring the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes among Japanese health care workers and hospitalized patients

Miki Nagao; Yoshitsugu Iinuma; Masahiro Suzuki; Aki Matsushima; Shunji Takakura; Yutaka Ito; Satoshi Ichiyama

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.04.214

First outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 harboring the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes among Japanese health care workers and hospitalized patients

Miki Nagao, Yoshitsugu Iinuma, Masahiro Suzuki, Aki Matsushima, Shunji Takakura, Yutaka Ito, Satoshi Ichiyama

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e37-e39
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	38
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2010.04.214
Publication status	Published - 11-2010
Externally published	Yes

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Nagao, M., Iinuma, Y., Suzuki, M., Matsushima, A., Takakura, S., Ito, Y., & Ichiyama, S. (2010). First outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 harboring the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes among Japanese health care workers and hospitalized patients. American Journal of Infection Control, 38(9), e37-e39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2010.04.214

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