Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes in Staphylococcus aureus

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jul;12(7):1174-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1207.050865.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics*
  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Exotoxins / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Leukocidins
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Exotoxins
  • Leukocidins
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin