Long-term persistence of sequence type 89 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from cases of staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in a Korean community

J Med Microbiol. 2016 Dec;65(12):1542-1544. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.000373. Epub 2016 Oct 20.

Authors

Hyejin Jeon¹, Sang Hyuk Ma², Hyun Jin Jo¹, Min-Seok Woo¹, Hyeonjun An¹, Hyungsik Park¹, Choongeun Kwon¹, Youjeong Kim¹, Je Chul Lee¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Pediatrics, Changwon Fatima Hospital, Changwon, Kyungnam, Republic of Korea.

PMID: 27902366
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000373

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Child, Preschool
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Exfoliatins / genetics
Female
Humans
Male
Methicillin Resistance*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / physiology*
Molecular Epidemiology
Nose / microbiology
Oxacillin / pharmacology
Penicillin-Binding Proteins / genetics
Republic of Korea / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome / ethnology
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome / microbiology*
Time Factors

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
DNA, Bacterial
Exfoliatins
Penicillin-Binding Proteins
mecA protein, Staphylococcus aureus
Oxacillin