title: Panton-valentine leukocidin and staphyloccoccal skin infections in schoolchildren.
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.
authors.affiliation: Central Institute of the Valais Hospitals, Sion, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boubaker
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Diebold
authors.forename: Dominique S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Blanc
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vandenesch
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Praz
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dupuis
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Troillet
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin; D016712:Mupirocin; D002710:Chlorhexidine