Do differences in Panton-Valentine leukocidin production among international methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones affect disease presentation and severity?

Boakes, Eve; Kearns, Angela M; Badiou, Cederic; Lina, Gerard; Hill, Robert L; Ellington, Matthew J

Boakes, Eve; Kearns, Angela M; Badiou, Cederic; Lina, Gerard; Hill, Robert L; Ellington, Matthew J.

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Boakes E; Staphylococcus Reference Unit, Microbiology Services Colindale, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom.

J Clin Microbiol ; 50(5): 1773-6, 2012 May.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22205815

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Exotoxins/metabolism; Leukocidins/metabolism; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/classification; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/pathogenicity; Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology; Staphylococcal Infections/pathology; Virulence Factors/metabolism; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bacterial Toxins/immunology; Child; Child, Preschool; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Exotoxins/immunology; Female; Genotype; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Leukocidins/immunology; Male; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification; Middle Aged; Multilocus Sequence Typing; Virulence Factors/immunology; Young Adult

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Staphylococcal Infections / Virulence Factors / Exotoxins / Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Leukocidins Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male Language: En Year: 2012 Type: Article

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