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TL;DR: The value of spa typing in combination with BURP (based upon repeat pattern) grouping analysis as a frontline tool in the epidemiological typing of S. aureus is determined, based on a random collection of clinical isolates sent to the German Reference Centre for Staphylococci within a 6-month period.

TL;DR: Investigation of strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus for the presence of the lukS–lukF determinant of Panton–Valentine leukocidin and to further characterize strains found to contain the genes revealed a unique pattern of genomic typing.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors attribute Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL)-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to clonal lineages by molecular typing with special reference to isolates exhibiting spa type t008/multilocus sequence type (MLST) ST8 [widely disseminated in the USA as ‘community-associated MRSA (caMRSA), USA300’].

TL;DR: Investigation of dermatology outpatients with inflammatory skin diseases, leg ulcers, and skin infections for Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive S. aureus finds far-1-coded FUS resistance represents a typical marker for the widespread CA-MRSA ST080 in Europe, especially in Germany.

TL;DR: This report describes a successful strategy for terminating the transmission of epidemic strains of S. aureus among a nonhospitalized population in a German village.