The role of the Panton-Valentine leucocidin toxin in staphylococcal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Invasive community-onset staphylococcal disease has emerged worldwide associated with Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL) toxin. Whether PVL is pathogenic or an epidemiological marker is unclear. We investigate the role of PVL in disease, colonisation, and clinical outcome. METHODS: We sea...

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Autores principales: Shallcross, Laura J, Fragaszy, Ellen, Johnson, Anne M, Hayward, Andrew C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science, The Lancet Pub. Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23103172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70238-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23103172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70238-4

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