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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2004, p. 825-828, Vol. 42, No. 2
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.825-828.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated in Switzerland Contains the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin or Exfoliative Toxin Genes

Nadia Liassine,1* Raymond Auckenthaler,1 Marie-Christine Descombes,1 Michèle Bes,2 François Vandenesch,2 and Jerome Etienne2

Bioanalytique-Riotton, Unilabs, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland,1 Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, INSERM E0230, IFR62, Faculté de Médecine, 69372 Lyon cedex 08, France2

Received 4 June 2003/ Returned for modification 22 July 2003/ Accepted 23 October 2003

Among 10 strains of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) isolated in 2002 from patients with skin infections, seven harbored the Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene, two harbored the exfoliative toxin A gene, and one harbored neither of these genes. CA-MRSA isolates producing a variety of exotoxins are currently spreading in the Swiss community.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Bioanalytique-Riotton, 53 avenue Blanc, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland. Phone: 41 22 716 20 04. Fax: 41 22 716 20 07. E-mail: nliassine{at}unilabs.ch.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2004, p. 825-828, Vol. 42, No. 2
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.825-828.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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