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Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–Encoding Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, the Netherlands, 2023–2024 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
We describe a community outbreak of Panton-Valentine leukocidin–positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) during November 2023–June 2024 in the Netherlands. We identified a massage center as the source.
Patrick van Schelven, Roel Nijhuis, Casper Jamin, Sophie Goemans, Putri Hintaran, Marischka van der Jagt-Zwetsloot, Annelies Smilde, Annelot ter Horst, Melanie de Graaf, Daan W. Notermans, Anne Russcher, Stijn Raven   +11 more
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Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–Positive CC398 MRSA in Urban Clinical Settings, the Netherlands [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
We report detection of Panton-Valentine leukocidin–positive clonal complex 398 human-origin methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus L2 in the Netherlands.
Jairo Gooskens, Marja M. Konstantinovski, Margriet E.M. Kraakman, Jayant S. Kalpoe, Nathalie D. van Burgel, Eric C.J. Claas, Thijs Bosch   +6 more
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Panton-valentine leukocidin Staphylococcus aureus severe infection in an infant: a case report and a review of the literature [PDF]

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2021
Background Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is one of the major virulence factor of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) that might be associated with invasive life-threating infections.
Massimo Luca Castellazzi, Samantha Bosis, Irene Borzani, Claudia Tagliabue, Raffaella Pinzani, Paola Marchisio, Giada Maria di Pietro   +6 more
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Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–Positive Staphylococcus aureus in Family and Pet Cat [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Continued detection of Panton-Valentine leukocidin–positive Staphylococcus aureus in samples from a family with severe repeated skin infections and their pet cat suggests transmission between the family and the cat.
Astrid Bethe, Anne-Kathrin Schink, Julian Brombach, Lennard Epping, Torsten Semmler, Susanne Reinhardt, Ernst Molitor, Svenja Müller, Julian Balks, Robin Köck, Stefan Schwarz, Birgit Walther, Antina Lübke-Becker   +12 more
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Skin Infections Caused by Panton-Valentine Leukocidin and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in Child, Japan [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
We describe a pediatric case of recurrent skin infections caused by a Panton-Valentine leukocidin and exfoliative toxin E double-positive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 188 clone.
Kensuke Shoji, Kazue Yoshida, Marie Takenouchi, Junzo Hisatsune, Shoko Kutsuno, Chika Arai, Kanako Masuda, Motoyuki Sugai, Takashi Ishikawa, Toshinao Kawai, Kazuhiro Uda, Isao Miyairi   +11 more
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Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–Secreting Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia Complicating COVID-19 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
Necrotizing pneumonia induced by Panton-Valentine leukocidin–secreting Staphylococcus aureus is a rare but life-threatening infection that has been described in patients after they had influenza.
Claire Duployez, Rémi Le Guern, Claire Tinez, Anne-Laure Lejeune, Laurent Robriquet, Sophie Six, Caroline Loïez, Frédéric Wallet   +7 more
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Case report: Personalized triple phage-antibiotic combination therapy to rescue necrotizing fasciitis caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing MRSA in a 12-year-old boy [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Maximal standard-of-care (SOC) management could not stop the life-threatening progression of a necrotizing fasciitis induced by Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-producing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a 12-year-old boy.
Brieuc Van Nieuwenhuyse, Mathilde Balcaen, Olga Chatzis, Astrid Haenecour, Emilien Derycke, Thierry Detaille, Stéphan Clément de Cléty, Cécile Boulanger, Cécile Boulanger, Cécile Boulanger, Leïla Belkhir, Leïla Belkhir, Jean-Cyr Yombi, Julien De Greef, Julien De Greef, Olivier Cornu, Olivier Cornu, Pierre-Louis Docquier, Pierre-Louis Docquier, Audrey Lentini, Renaud Menten, Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos, Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos, Alexia Verroken, Alexia Verroken, Sarah Djebara, Maya Merabishvili, Johann Griselain, Jean-Paul Pirnay, Laurent Houtekie, Dimitri Van der Linden, Dimitri Van der Linden   +31 more
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Identification of Panton-Valentine leukocidin virulence gene in methicillin—resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical specimens of burn patients in Zare Hospitals of Sari, Iran

Journal of Acute Disease, 2020
Objective: To identify the pathogenic gene of Panton-Valentine leukocidin in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain isolated from clinical specimens of burn patients in Shaheed Zare Burn Hospital.
Atefeh Ranjkesh, Zahra Salari, Mehrab Nejat, Emad Behboudi, Ali Ramezani, Milad Zandi, Mahmood Marzban, Hadis Kiani, Mina Bavi, Mehdi Rabiei Roodsari, Yousef Esvand Zibaee, Samaneh Abbasi, Maryam Mohammadi Elyasi, Mehdi Parsanahad, Shahram Jalilian, Simin Mohammadi Gorji, Mina Owrang   +16 more
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Can Panton Valentine Leukocidin Gene And Clindamycin Susceptibility Serve As Predictors of Community Origin of Mrsa From Skin and Soft Tissue Infections? [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Community associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) strains have begun to replace Hospital Associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) strains in hospital settings all over the world.
Nandita Shashindran, Niveditha Nagasundaram, Devinder Mohan Thappa, Sujatha Sistla   +3 more
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Increased Community-Associated Infections Caused by Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–Negative MRSA, Shanghai, 2005–2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
During 2005–2014, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections increased in Shanghai, China. Most infections were caused by sequence type 59 S. aureus that lacked Panton-Valentine leukocidin.
Min Li, Yanan Wang, Yuanjun Zhu, Yingxin Dai, Xufen Hong, Qian Liu, Tianming Li, Juanxiu Qin, Xiaowei Ma, Huiying Lu, Jie Xu, Michael Otto   +11 more
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