Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2008)

Infection with Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–Positive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus t034

  • Christina Welinder-Olsson,
  • Kerstin Florén-Johansson,
  • Leif Larsson,
  • Sven Öberg,
  • Lisbeth Karlsson,
  • Christina Åhrén

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1408.071427
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 8
pp. 1271 – 1272

Abstract

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Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)–positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), sequence type 398 is believed to be of animal origin. We report 2 cases of infection due to PVL–positive MRSA, spa type t034, in patients in Sweden who had had no animal contact.

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