Community acquired MRSA infections in a paediatric population in Greece

S Vourli; D Perimeni; A Makri; M Polemis; A Voyiatzi; A Vatopoulos

doi:10.2807/esm.10.05.00537-en

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Community acquired MRSA infections in a paediatric population in Greece
S Vourli¹ , D Perimeni¹ , A Makri² , M Polemis¹ , A Voyiatzi² , A Vatopoulos¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Microbiology, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece ² Department of Microbiology, Penteli Children’s Hospital, Penteli Athens, Greece

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Citation style for this article: Vourli S, Perimeni D, Makri A, Polemis M, Voyiatzi A, Vatopoulos A. Community acquired MRSA infections in a paediatric population in Greece. Euro Surveill. 2005;10(5):pii=537. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.10.05.00537-en

Abstract

We investigated the characteristics of 20 community acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated in a paediatric hospital in Athens. Eighteen of these, all isolated from skin and soft tissue infections, carried the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) determinants. They all were found resistant to fusidic acid, tetracycline and kanamycin, and displayed a PFGE pattern identical to that of the well-described ST80 CA-MRSA clone circulating in various European countries.