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Allelic variation in genes encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin from community-associated Staphylococcus aureus.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Aug 2007
Wolter D J, Tenover F C, Goering R V
Abstract excerpt
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates characteristically contain the genes for Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), which is a proposed virulence factor. To determine whether different alleles of the PVL genes lukS-PV and lukF-PV occur, and whether they are assoc...
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