Clinical and molecular characteristics of staphylococcal skin abscesses in children.

Authors

Howard Faden
Rebecca Rose
Alan Lesse
Celeste Hollands
Diane Dryja
Philip L Glick

Publication/Presentation Date

12-1-2007

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.

Volume

151

Issue

6

First Page

700

Last Page

703

ISSN

1097-6833

Published In/Presented At

Faden, H., Rose, R., Lesse, A., Hollands, C., Dryja, D., & Glick, P. L. (2007). Clinical and molecular characteristics of staphylococcal skin abscesses in children. The Journal of pediatrics, 151(6), 700–703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.07.040

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

18035157

Department(s)

Department of Surgery

Document Type

Article