A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Finland in 2004 to 2006.
Authors: Kanerva M, Salmenlinna S, Vuopio-Varkila J, Lehtinen P, Möttönen T, Virtanen MJ, Lyytikäinen O
Publication year: 2009
Journal: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Journal name in source: Journal of clinical microbiology
Journal acronym: J Clin Microbiol
Volume: 47
Issue: 8
First page : 2655
Last page: 7
Number of pages: 3
ISSN: 0095-1137
eISSN: 1098-660X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00771-09
Abstract
A nationwide population-based study on community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in Finland during 2004 to 2006 showed that both incidence (1.9/100,000 population) and strain variation increased in comparison to years 1997 to 1999. There were 7 community-associated epidemic and 25 sporadic MRSA strain types. Half of these had Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes.
A nationwide population-based study on community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in Finland during 2004 to 2006 showed that both incidence (1.9/100,000 population) and strain variation increased in comparison to years 1997 to 1999. There were 7 community-associated epidemic and 25 sporadic MRSA strain types. Half of these had Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes.
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