title: Breast milk transmission of a Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus strain causing infantile pneumonia.
abstract: We report on a 38-day-old infant who developed pleuropneumonia due to a Staphylococcus aureus strain responsible for familial furunculosis, which was acquired by maternal breast-feeding. All isolates from the infant and parents were genetically related by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis and produced Panton-Valentine leukocidin.
authors.affiliation: Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Le Thomas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mariani-Kurkdjian
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Collignon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gravet
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Clermont
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brahimi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaudelus
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aujard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beaufils
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bingen
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000032:analysis; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005667:Furunculosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000382:microbiology*; D011001:Pleuropneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin