Regional outbreak of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST834 in Japanese children

Regional outbreak of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST834 in Japanese children

Abstract Background Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infection has recently become a challenging problem worldwide and in Japan. We experienced 10 pediatric patients infected with CA-MRSA and hospitalized from 2011 to 2014 in a tertiary care hospital in Sait...

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Main Authors: Yuki Uehara, Takashi Sasaki, Tadashi Baba, Yujie Lu, Eri Imajo, Yuka Sato, Shigeru Tanno, Munehiro Furuichi, Miki Kawada, Keiichi Hiramatsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Pediatrics
Purulent lymphadenitis
Regional outbreak
SaPISaitama2
Sequence type 834
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3646-z

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