TY - JOUR AU - Lo, Wen-Tsung AU - Lin, Wei-Jen AU - Tseng, Min-Hua AU - Wang, Sheng-Ru AU - Chu, Mong-Ling AU - Wang, Chih-Chien T1 - Community-acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Children, Taiwan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2006 VL - 12 IS - 8 SP - 1267 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Highly virulent community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) with Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is common worldwide. Using antimicrobial drug susceptibility testing, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec typing, exotoxin profiling, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing, we provide evidence that supports the relationship between nasal strains of PVL-positive MRSA and community-acquired disease. KW - Panton-Valentine leukocidin KW - community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus KW - nasal colonization KW - Taiwan KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1208.051570 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/8/05-1570_article ER - End of Reference