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

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  • Eve Boakes
  • Angela M Kearns
  • Cederic Badiou
  • Gerard Lina
  • Robert L Hill
  • Matthew J Ellington
چکیده

Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) production by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was determined in vitro using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and associations with clinical presentation and bacterial genetic characteristics were examined. PVL production ranged from 0.02 to 4.865 μg/ml and correlated with a multilocus sequence type (MLST) clonal complex associated with specific PVL phage types. A relationship between PVL production and clinical presentation or patient demographics could not be demonstrated.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 50 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012