Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Carrying Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Gene in Cutaneous Infections in the City of Isfahan

Background: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of Nosocomial and community infections that are becoming increasingly difficult to combat, because of emerging resistance to all classes of antibiotics. Moreover Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is an important virulenc...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Reza Pourmand, Seyed Asghar Havaei, Solmaz Ohadian Moghadam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012-03-01
Series:Journal of Medical Bacteriology
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Online Access:http://jmb.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmb/article/view/71/43