@article{f527c546b4244aa4bfeee5e69c20f5a8,
title = "Carriage of the toxic shock syndrome toxin gene by contemporary community-associated staphylococcus aureus isolates",
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).",
keywords = "methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec, toxic shock syndrome, tst-1",
author = "Parrish, {Katelyn L.} and Wylie, {Kristine M.} and Reich, {Patrick J.} and Hogan, {Patrick G.} and Wylie, {Todd N.} and Kennedy, {Colleen R.} and William Lainhart and Hunstad, {David A.} and Burnham, {Carey Ann D.} and Fritz, {Stephanie A.}",
note = "Funding Information: 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). methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec toxic shock syndrome tst-1 National Institutes of Health 10.13039/100000002 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 10.13039/100000060 K23-AI091690 National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences 10.13039/100006108 UL1-TR002345 National Human Genome Research Institute 10.13039/100000051 RC2 HG005680 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 10.13039/100000133 R01-HS021736 R01-HS024269 Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 The Author(s).",
year = "2019",
month = mar,
day = "20",
doi = "10.1093/jpids/piy098",
language = "English",
volume = "8",
pages = "470--473",
journal = "Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society",
issn = "2048-7193",
number = "5",
}