Is Africa the origin of major Haitian Staphylococcus aureus lineages?

Int J Infect Dis. 2015 May:34:1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.02.012. Epub 2015 Feb 23.

Authors

Frieder Schaumburg¹, Birgit Gast², Herriot Sannon², Alexander Mellmann³, Karsten Becker⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany. Electronic address: frieder.schaumburg@ukmuenster.de.
² Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Deschapelles, Haiti.
³ Institute of Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
⁴ Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.

PMID: 25722279
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.02.012

No abstract available

Keywords: Africa; Haiti; Panton–Valentine leukocidin; Staphylococcus aureus.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Male
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*