First outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 harboring the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes among Japanese health care workers and hospitalized patients

Publié le 05 janvier 2011 • Catégorie(s) : Infections nosocomiales • Mot(s) clef(s) : SARM

Auteur    Miki Nagao
Auteur    Yoshitsugu Iinuma
Auteur    Masahiro Suzuki
Auteur    Aki Matsushima
Auteur    Shunji Takakura
Auteur    Yutaka Ito
Auteur    Satoshi Ichiyama
Résumé    This report describes the first outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 in a general hospital ward in Japan, involving 6 health care workers and 4 patients. This report emphasizes the need for health care personnel to be alert that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harboring Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene poses a threat for both nosocomial and occupational infection.
Publication    American Journal of Infection Control
Volume    38
Numéro    9
Pages    e37-39
Date    Nov 2010