Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2007)

Methicillin-susceptible, Doxycycline-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Côte d’Ivoire

  • Olivier Lesens,
  • Rachel Haus-Cheymol,
  • Philippe Dubrous,
  • Catherine Verret,
  • André Spiegel,
  • Richard Bonnet,
  • Michèle Bes,
  • Henri Laurichesse,
  • Jean Beytout,
  • Jerome Etienne,
  • René Migliani,
  • Jean Louis Koeck

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1303.060729
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 3
pp. 488 – 488

Abstract

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We report 2 outbreaks of Panton-Valentine leukocidin–positive, doxycycline-resistant, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infections in French soldiers operating in Côte d’Ivoire. In a transssectional survey, nasal carriage of this strain was found in 2.9% of 273 soldiers about to be sent to Côte d’Ivoire and was associated with prior malaria prophylaxis with doxycycline.

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