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Association between Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying gene for Panton-Valentine leukocidin and highly lethal necrotising pneumonia in young immunocompetent patients.

Lancet, The, 2002
Y. Gillet, B. Issartel, P. Vanhems, J. Fournet, G. Lina, M. Bes, F. Vandenesch, Y. Piémont, N. Brousse, D. Floret, J. Etienne   +10 more
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Panton-Valentine leukocidin: raising practitioner awareness

British Journal of Community Nursing, 2007
Media reports have focused recently on methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Panton-Valentine leukocidin is a toxin carried by MRSA. With reported increases in community acquired MRSA, This article seeks to raise practitioner awareness of this toxin and it’s effects on dermal tissue. A case study and anecdotal evidence is given.
Michelle, Beer, Mair, Fear
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Crystallization and properties of staphylococcal leukocidin

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, 1980
Two components (F and S) of leukocidin were isolated and purified from broth culture of V8 strain of Staphylococcus aureus. There was loss of leukocidin activity during the separation, which was regained by mixing the components. Each component was apparently homogeneous by several criteria. The F and S components were crystallized (by salting out with
M, Noda, T, Hirayama, I, Kato, F, Matsuda   +3 more
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Renal abscess caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus: report of an unusual case and review of the literature

Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Renal abscesses are rare and mainly caused by an ascending infection due to Gram-negative microorganisms. We report the first case of a renal abscess caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus in an immunocompetent ...
P. Conan, I. Podglajen, F. Compain, M. Osman, D. Lebeaux, E. Flamarion   +5 more
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Increase in the prevalence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin and clonal shift in community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing skin and soft-tissue infections in the Rhine-Neckar Region, Germany, 2012-2016.

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2019
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remains a major challenge for patient care. Community-associated (CA)-MRSA often have a fitness and virulence advantage compared with their nosocomial counterparts.
S. Klein, M. Menz, P. Zanger, K. Heeg, Dennis Nurjadi   +4 more
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Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive osteoarticular infections

Médecine et Santé Tropicales, 2015
The aim of our study was to evaluate the frequency of osteoarticular infections with Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive (PVL) Staphylococcus aureus (PVL-SA) among patients admitted to the orthopedic ward at the Sahloul University Hospital (Sousse, Tunisia) and to study the characteristics of these strains and patients.We conducted a retrospective ...
C, Chaouch, S, Kacem, L, Tilouche, S, Ketata, O, Bouallegue, N, Boujaafar   +5 more
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Staphylococcal Leukocidin, Panton-Valentine Type

Journal of Toxicology: Toxin Reviews, 1985
AbstractThe Panton-Valentine leukocidin produced by most strains of S. aureus attacks polymorphonuclear leukocytes and macrophages but not other cell types. The toxin, discovered by van de Velde in 1894, was distinguished clearly from leukocyte-damaging hemolysins by the studies of Panton and Valentine. Purified for the first time by Woodin in 1960, it
Piotr L. Grójec, Janusz Jeljaszewicz
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Partial characterization of leukocidin from fusobacterium necrophorum

Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Mikrobiologie und Hygiene. Series A: Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Virology, Parasitology, 1986
Leukocidin from Fusobacterium necrophorum was produced in the diffusate of a dialysis culture. It was free from deoxyribonuclease, fibrinolysin, gelatinase, haemolysin, lipase, caseinase and endotoxin. The leukocidin had a molecular weight between 10,000 and 5,000 as estimated by membrane partition chromatography.
M, Kanoe, T, Ishii, K, Mizutani, H, Blobel   +3 more
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Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones Carrying the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes Disseminating in Iranian Hospitals.

Microbial Drug Resistance, 2018
The spread of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-carrying Staphylococcus aureus strains in both hospital and the community is a significant worldwide problem.
M. Goudarzi, M. Navidinia, Elham Beiranvand, H. Goudarzi   +3 more
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Effect of staphylococcal leukocidin on mouse leukocyte system

Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Mikrobiologie und Hygiene. 1. Abt. Originale. A, Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Infektionskrankheiten und Parasitologie, 1981
Staphylococcal Panton-Valentine leukocidin has been purified and tested in mice for its biological properties. Applied even in high doses the leukocidin was not lethal. It caused however, disturbances in the peripheral blood occurring in several phases.
P L, Grójec, J, Jeljaszewicz
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