Dissemination of panton-valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Okinawa, Japan.

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Published in J Dermatol on November 01, 2012

Authors

Yoshiko Mine1, Isamu Nakasone, Yuichi Yamamoto, Atsushi Utani, Nobuhisa Yamane, Hiroshi Uezato, Kenzo Takahashi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Dermatology, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. totoromita@yahoo.co.jp

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