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ID 118014
Author
Takahashi, Tomoko Tokushima University
Tani, Akihiro Tokushima University
Keywords
USA300
PVL
ACME
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Infective endocarditis (IE) may be acquired in the community as community-acquired (CA) IE or in the healthcare setting. In Japan, cases of CA-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection as skin infection have been increasing. CA-MRSA strains, including the USA300 clone, have higher pathogenicity and are more destructive to tissue than healthcare-associated MRSA strains because of the toxins they produce, including arginine-catabolic mobile element (ACME) and Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL). However, only a few IE cases induced by USA300 have been reported. We herein report a 64-year-old man who developed CA-IE from a furuncle caused by USA300 MRSA producing PVL and ACME, which resulted in complications of meningitis.
Journal Title
Internal Medicine
ISSN
13497235
Publisher
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Volume
60
Issue
20
Start Page
3251
End Page
3255
Published Date
2021-10-15
Rights
The Internal Medicine is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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University Hospital