Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Is Not the Primary Determinant of Outcome for Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections: Evaluation from the CANVAS Studies

The impact of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) on the severity of complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI) caused by Staphylococcus aureus is controversial. We evaluated potential associations between clinical outcome and PVL presence in both methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and...

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Autores principales: Tong, Amy, Tong, Steven Y. C., Zhang, Yurong, Lamlertthon, Supaporn, Sharma-Kuinkel, Batu K., Rude, Thomas, Ahn, Sun Hee, Ruffin, Felicia, Llorens, Lily, Tamarana, Ganesh, Biek, Donald, Critchley, Ian, Fowler, Vance G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3356380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22623995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037212

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