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Investigation of Panton-Valentine leukocidin expressing Staphylococcus aureus colonization among children in a child care center.
American journal of infection control - 1 Sept 2010
Sesli Cetin Emel, Us Ebru, Güneş Hayati, Kaya Selçuk, Tekeli Alper, Demirci Mustafa
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The presence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin expressing Staphylococcus aureus colonization was investigated with a qualitative nucleic acid hybridization assay among 122 children and 19 staff in a child care center. Genotyping of 5 Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed that one child and a teacher from the same class were colonized with the clonally related...
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