Panton-valentine leukocidin and staphyloccoccal skin infections in schoolchildren.
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.
Boubaker
Karim
K
Central Institute of the Valais Hospitals, Sion, Switzerland.
Diebold
Patrick
P
Blanc
Dominique S
DS
Vandenesch
François
F
Praz
Gérard
G
Dupuis
Georges
G
Troillet
Nicolas
N
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D002353:Carrier State; D002648:Child; D002710:Chlorhexidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005098:Exotoxins; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016712:Mupirocin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin; D016712:Mupirocin; D002710:Chlorhexidine