Korean J Clin Microbiol.
2008 Oct;11(2):129-131. 10.5145/KJCM.2008.11.2.129.
A Fatal Case of Infective Endocarditis Caused by Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST72 in Korea
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. drjwchung@cau.ac.kr
- KMID: 1480981
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5145/KJCM.2008.11.2.129
Abstract
- The advent of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has been a worldwide threat to public health for the past decade. We report a fatal case of infective endocarditis caused by a non-USA300, Panton-Valentine leukocidin toxin-negative CA-MRSA clone. This is a serious case of CA-MRSA infection caused by a sequence type (ST) 72 clone, which is one of the common CA-MRSA clones circulating in Korea where serious CA-MRSA infections have been rare.
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