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JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 137-139Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00194.x
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Skin infections associated with visits to tropical countries are well known. In most of the cases, the infection is caused by Staphylococcus aureus. After a sufficient antibiotic treatment, the skin infections resolve without any sequelae. But several patients suffer from recurrent skin infections. Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is a cytotoxin produced by S aureus, which is associated with severe necrotic skin lesions and with a high contagiosity.
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