Abstract
We report here the prevalence of the tst-1 gene among 252 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolates and 458 methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) isolates collected from 531 subjects between 2008 and 2017, one of which was recovered from a child with MRSA toxic shock syndrome. tst-1 was encoded by 43 (6%) S aureus isolates overall: 42 (16.7%) MSSA isolates and 1 (0.2%) MRSA isolate (P <. 001).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 470-473 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 20 2019 |
Keywords
- methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
- staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec
- toxic shock syndrome
- tst-1