Open AccessPanton-Valentine Leukocidin: A Marker of Severity for Staphylococcus aureus Infection?
Author(s) -
Jérôme Étienne
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/432481
Subject(s) - medicine , staphylococcus aureus , panton–valentine leukocidin , leukocidin , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcal infections , micrococcaceae , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , biology , genetics
(CA-MSSA) infection. The major difference between the 2 groups was the greater frequency of abnormal pulmonary imaging findings in the CA-MRSA group (67% of patients), compared with the CA-MSSA group (28% of patients) (
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