Complement 5a Receptor Polymorphisms Are Associated With Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in African Pygmies.

doi:10.1093/cid/ciy666

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Complement 5a Receptor Polymorphisms Are Associated With Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in African Pygmies.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Feb 2019

Schaumburg Frieder, Witten Anika, Flamen Arnaud, Stoll Monika, Alabi Abraham S, Kremsner Peter G, Löffler Bettina, Zipfel Peter F, Velavan Thirumalaisamy P, Peters Georg

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Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is common in African Staphylococcus aureus and can be associated with skin and soft tissue infection. PVL-positive S. aureus colonization is associated with a variant of complement receptor 5a, the cellular target of the lukS PVL subunit.

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PMID: 30192927
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy666

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