Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and endocarditis among injection drug users and nonaddicts: host factors, microbiological and serological characteristics

Eeva Ruotsalainen; Minna Karden-Lilja; Pentti Kuusela; Jaana Vuopio-Varkila; Anni Virolainen-Julkunen; Seppo Sarna; Ville Veikko Valtonen; Asko Järvinen

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2008.01.009

Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and endocarditis among injection drug users and nonaddicts: host factors, microbiological and serological characteristics

Eeva Ruotsalainen
, Minna Karden-Lilja
, Pentti Kuusela
, Jaana Vuopio-Varkila
, Anni Virolainen-Julkunen
, Seppo Sarna
, Ville Veikko Valtonen
, Asko Järvinen

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Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Infection
Volume	56
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	249-256
Number of pages	8
ISSN	0163-4453
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2008.01.009
Publication status	Published - 2008
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Fields of Science

Staphylococcus aureus
bacteraemia
endocarditis
injection drug users
pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
staphylokinase
haemolysis
protease production
Panton-Valentine leukocidin
antistaphylolysin
teichoic acid antibody
PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN
TEICHOIC-ACID ANTIBODIES
FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS
INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
RISK-FACTORS
CLINICAL-MANIFESTATIONS
PROGNOSTIC FACTORS
NARCOTIC ADDICTS
SINGLE CLONE
ALPHA-TOXIN
314 Health sciences

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Ruotsalainen, E., Karden-Lilja, M., Kuusela, P., Vuopio-Varkila, J., Virolainen-Julkunen, A., Sarna, S., Valtonen, V. V., & Järvinen, A. (2008). Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and endocarditis among injection drug users and nonaddicts: host factors, microbiological and serological characteristics. Journal of Infection, 56(4), 249-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2008.01.009

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Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and endocarditis among injection drug users and nonaddicts: host factors, microbiological and serological characteristics. / Ruotsalainen, Eeva; Karden-Lilja, Minna; Kuusela, Pentti et al.
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