Leukocidins

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
First Isolation of SCCmec IV- and Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive, Sequence Type 8, Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Israel
Daniel Glikman, Sima Davidson, Raya Kudinsky, Yuval Geffen, Hanna Sprecher
Epidemiology
Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Auckland, New Zealand
S. Muttaiyah, G. Coombs, S. Pandey, P. Reed, S. Ritchie, D. Lennon, S. Roberts
Erratum
Widespread Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections Due to Two Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Harboring the Genes for Panton-Valentine Leucocidin
Binh An Diep, George F. Sensabaugh, Naraporn Somboonna, Heather A. Carleton, Françoise Perdreau-Remington
CASE REPORTS
Prompt and Successful Toxin-Targeting Treatment of Three Patients with Necrotizing Pneumonia Due to Staphylococcus aureus Strains Carrying the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes
Nicolas Rouzic, Frédéric Janvier, Nicolas Libert, Etienne Javouhey, Gerard Lina, Jacques-Yves Nizou, Pierre Pasquier, Didier Stamm, Louis Brinquin, Christophe Pelletier, François Vandenesch, Daniel Floret, Jerome Etienne, Yves Gillet
Epidemiology
Association of Recurrent Furunculosis with Panton-Valentine Leukocidin and the Genetic Background of Staphylococcus aureus
Helena Masiuk, Katarzyna Kopron, Dorothee Grumann, Christiane Goerke, Julia Kolata, Joanna Jursa-Kulesza, Stefania Giedrys-Kalemba, Barbara M. Bröker, Silva Holtfreter
Bacteriology
Rapid Detection of Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine Leukocidin in Clinical Specimens by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Immunochromatographic Tests
Cedric Badiou, Oana Dumitrescu, Narelle George, Andrea R. N. Forbes, Eleanna Drougka, Kian Sing Chan, Nadjia Ramdani-Bouguessa, Helene Meugnier, Michele Bes, Francois Vandenesch, Jerome Etienne, Li Yang Hsu, Mohamed Tazir, Iris Spiliopoulou, Graeme R. Nimmo, Kristina G. Hulten, Gerard Lina
Epidemiology
Emergence of SCCmec Type IV and SCCmec Type V Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Containing the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes in a Large Academic Teaching Hospital in Central Switzerland: External Invaders or Persisting Circulators?
Giorgia Valsesia, Marco Rossi, Sonja Bertschy, Gaby E. Pfyffer
Epidemiology
Invasive Infection Caused by a Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain Not Carrying Panton-Valentine Leukocidin in South Korea
Seung Soon Lee, Yu Jin Kim, Doo Ryeon Chung, Ki-Suck Jung, Jae-Seok Kim
Bacteriology
Presence of Genes Encoding the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Exotoxin Is Not the Primary Determinant of Outcome in Patients with Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Results of a Multinational Trial
In-Gyu Bae, Giang T. Tonthat, Martin E. Stryjewski, Thomas H. Rude, Lindsay F. Reilly, Steven L. Barriere, Fredric C. Genter, G. Ralph Corey, Vance G. Fowler
Bacteriology
Cooccurrence of Predominant Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Sequence Type (ST) 152 and Multidrug-Resistant ST 241 Staphylococcus aureus Clones in Nigerian Hospitals
Kenneth O. Okon, Patrick Basset, Auwalu Uba, Johnson Lin, Bukola Oyawoye, Adebayo O. Shittu, Dominique S. Blanc

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