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Clinical and Molecular Characteristics of Staphylococcal Skin Abscesses in Children

  • SUNY Buffalo
  • Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo

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Abstract

Forty-nine children with skin abscesses (36 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and 13 methicillin-susceptible S aureus) exhibited similar disease severity. Both pathogen groups were pulse field type USA300, multilocus sequence type 8, and possessed Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes. Related microbial genetic architecture may account for similarities in disease severity despite differences in antibiotic susceptibility.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)700-703
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Pediatrics
Volume151
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2007

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