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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1001.030144
Personal Author:
Boubaker, Karim ; Diebold, Patrick ; Blanc, Dominique S. ; Vandenesch, François ; Praz, Gérard ; ... More +
Boubaker, Karim ; Diebold, Patrick ; Blanc, Dominique S. ; Vandenesch, François ; Praz, Gérard ; Dupuis, Georges ; Troillet, Nicolas ; Less -
Description:
The Panton-Valentine leukocidin is associated with staphylococcal skin and pulmonary infections. We describe a school outbreak of skin infections and the public health response to it. Nasal carriage of a Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus clone was detected only in previously ill classmates and their family members.
Subject:
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Toxins
Carrier State
Child
Chlorhexidine
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Exotoxins
Furunculosis
Handwashing
Humans
Leukocidins
Mupirocin
Nasal Mucosa
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Skin
Skin Diseases
Staphylococcus Aureus
Switzerland
Toxins. Panton-Valentine Leukocidin

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 10(1):121-124.
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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