Panton-Valentine Leukocidin and Staphyloccoccal Skin Infections in Schoolchildren1

Boubaker, Karim; Diebold, Patrick; Blanc, Dominique S.; Vandenesch, François; Praz, Gérard; Dupuis, Georges; Troillet, Nicolas

doi:10.3201/eid1001.030144

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Panton-Valentine Leukocidin and Staphyloccoccal Skin Infections in Schoolchildren1

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By Boubaker, Karim ; Diebold, Patrick ; Blanc, Dominique S.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1001.030144

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Boubaker, Karim ; Diebold, Patrick ; Blanc, Dominique S. ; Vandenesch, François ; Praz, Gérard ; Dupuis, Georges ; Troillet, Nicolas
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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.
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Emerg Infect Dis. 10(1):121-124.
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Journal Article
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10
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1
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