Population structure of Staphylococcus aureus from remote African Babongo Pygmies.

• Main Authors: Frieder Schaumburg (Author), Robin Köck (Author), Alexander W Friedrich (Author), Solange Soulanoudjingar (Author), Ulysse Ateba Ngoa (Author), Christof von Eiff (Author), Saadou Issifou (Author), Peter G Kremsner (Author), Mathias Herrmann (Author), Georg Peters (Author), Karsten Becker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Pandemic community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates (CA-MRSA) predominantly encode the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), which can be associated with severe infections. Reports from non-indigenous Sub-Saharan African populations revealed a high prevalence of...