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Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains resistant to multiple antibiotics and carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes in an Algiers hospital.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Mar 2006
Ramdani-Bouguessa Nadjia, Bes Michèle, Meugnier Hélène, Forey Françoise, Reverdy Marie-Elisabeth, Lina Gerard, Vandenesch François, Tazir Mohamed, Etienne Jerome
Abstract excerpt
Forty-five Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains were isolated in Algeria between 2003 and 2004; 18 isolates were isolated in the community and 27 in a hospital. Five PVL-positive hospital isolates were resistant to multiple antibiotics, including ofloxacin and gentamicin for three isolates.
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