Abstract
A nationwide population-based study on community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in Finland during 2004 to 2006 showed that both incidence (1.9/100,000 population) and strain variation increased in comparison to years 1997 to 1999. There were 7 community-associated epidemic and 25 sporadic MRSA strain types. Half of these had Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes.
MeSH terms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
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Bacterial Proteins / genetics
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Bacterial Toxins / genetics
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Bacterial Typing Techniques
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Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology*
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Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Exotoxins / genetics
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Finland / epidemiology
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Genetic Variation
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Genotype
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Humans
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Incidence
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Leukocidins / genetics
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
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Virulence Factors / genetics
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Bacterial Proteins
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Bacterial Toxins
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Exotoxins
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Leukocidins
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Panton-Valentine leukocidin
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Virulence Factors