title: Panton-Valentine leukocidin: raising practitioner awareness.
abstract: Media reports have focused recently on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Panton-Valentine leukocidin is a toxin carried by MRSA. With reported increases in community-acquired MRSA, this article seeks to raise practitioner awareness of this toxin and its effects on dermal tissue. A case study and anecdotal evidence is given.
authors.affiliation: Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust. michelle.beer@pcs-tr.swest.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beer
authors.forename: Mair
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fear
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005098:Exotoxins; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology; D005734:Gangrene / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D007956:Leukocidins; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D014034:Toes / Q000473:pathology; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin