Breast milk transmission of a Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus strain causing infantile pneumonia.
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.
Le Thomas
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Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France.
Mariani-Kurkdjian
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P
Collignon
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A
Gravet
A
A
Clermont
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O
Brahimi
N
N
Gaudelus
J
J
Aujard
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Y
Navarro
J
J
Beaufils
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F
Bingen
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E
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
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin