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Increased Age-Dependent Risk of Death Associated With lukF-PV-Positive Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

BACKGROUND. Panton-Valentine leucocidin is a Staphylococcus aureus virulence factor encoded by lukF-PV and lukS-PV that is infrequent in S aureus bacteremia (SAB), and, therefore, little is known about risk factors and outcome of lukF-PV/lukS-PV-positive SAB. METHODS. This report is a register-based...

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Autores principales: Knudsen, Trine A., Skov, Robert, Petersen, Andreas, Larsen, Anders R., Benfield, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5146761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27957504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw220