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Panton-Valentine Leukocidin and Staphyloccoccal Skin Infections in Schoolchildren

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2004) 10(1) 121-124
DOI: 10.3201/eid1001.030144
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Abstract

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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Boubaker, K., Diebold, P., Blanc, D. S., Vandenesch, F., Praz, G., Dupuis, G., & Troillet, N. (2004). Panton-Valentine Leukocidin and Staphyloccoccal Skin Infections in Schoolchildren. In Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 10, pp. 121–124). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1001.030144

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