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Panton-Valentine leukocidin is expressed at toxic levels in human skin abscesses

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CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION
Volume 14, Issue 12, Pages 1180-1183

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02105.x

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ELISA; Panton-Valentine leukocidin; quantification; skin infection; Staphylococcus aureus

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Pus samples were prospectively collected from patients with Staphylococcus aureus skin infections and tested for Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL). PVL was detected at concentrations that were toxic for rabbit skin in all specimens from patients infected with strains harbouring PVL genes.

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