Year: 2007
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Cutaneous Infections in the ArmyWe report 2 outbreaks of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive, doxycycline-resistant, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infections in French soldiers operating in Côte d'Ivoire.In a transssectional survey, nasal carriage of this strain was found in 2.9% of 273 soldiers about to be sent to Côte d'Ivoire and was associated with prior malaria prophylaxis with doxycycline.S taphylococcus aureus strains that produce Panton- Valentine leukocidin (PVL) have been shown to be associated with community-acquired infections such as skin and soft tissue infections and necrotizing pneumonia (1).A limited number of PVL-positive, methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) clones have recently emerged globally (2) and have been described as causing epidemic community-acquired infections (3,4).In contrast, PVLpositive, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) corresponds to many diverse clones (5) that may cause sporadic infections with limited dissemination.We describe severe staphylococcal infections due to a clone of doxycyclineresistant, PVL-positive (doxyR-PVL+) MSSA in soldiers who served in Côte d'Ivoire.
Source: Emerging infectious diseases
Authors: Olivier Lesens, Rachel Haus-Cheymol, Philippe Dubrous, Catherine Verret, André Spiegel, Richard Bonnet, Michèle Bes, Henri Laurichesse, Jean Beytout, Jerome Etienne, René Migliani, Jean Louis Koeck, the Working Group on Cutaneous Infections in the Army
Language: French
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2157667883