title: Rapid detection of Panton-Valentine leukocidin from clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus strains by real-time PCR.
abstract: To allow rapid identification of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-producing Staphylococcus aureus strains, a real-time PCR assay for detection of PVL was developed. This assay is convenient, since it can be applied directly on bacterial suspensions and does not require previous DNA purification. Furthermore, the assay was found to be highly reproducible, robust and specific, since positive results were generated exclusively with PVL-positive S. aureus strains, and neither with PVL-negative strains nor staphylococci other than S. aureus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Maastricht, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ruud H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Deurenberg
authors.forename: Cornelis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vink
authors.forename: Christel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Driessen
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bes
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: London
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Etienne
authors.forename: Ellen E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Stobberingh
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin