Successful Termination of a Furunculosis Outbreak Due to lukS-lukF-Positive, Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a German Village by Stringent Decolonization, 2002-2005
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Successful termination of a furunculosis outbreak due to lukS-lukF-positive, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a German village by stringent decolonization, 2002-2005.
BACKGROUND Skin infections due to Staphylococcus aureus have recently become a public concern, mainly because of emerging resistance against widely used antibiotics and specific virulence determinants. Strains harboring the lukS-lukF gene (which codes for Panton-Valentine leukocidin) are frequently associated with severe furunculosis. Generally applicable strategies for the control of community...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1086/517503