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Familial furunculosis associated with community-acquired leukocidin-positive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus ST152.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2010
Pérez-Roth E, Alcoba-Flórez J, López-Aguilar C, Gutiérrez-González I, Rivero-Pérez B, Méndez-Alvarez S
Abstract excerpt
Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is associated with staphylococcal skin and pulmonary infections. Community dissemination of PVL-producing Staphylococcus aureus strains constitutes a public health concern. Family transmission and spread of community-acquired leukocidin-positive methicillin-susceptible S. aureus ST152 isolates associated with severe clinical symptoms are herein described. Remarkably, ST152...
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