title: Staphylococcus aureus with Panton-Valentine toxin skin infection in a medical laboratory technician.
abstract: This report exposes the case of a Staphylococcus aureus infection occurring in a microbiology laboratory technician. He was a 52 year-old man without medical history. He presented an abscess on the anterior aspect of the left forearm. Analysis showed that it was a Staphylococcus aureus secreting the Panton-Valentine toxin. The study of the workplace found the frequency of exposure. The study of workstation showed the link between the technician position and the infection. Indeed, this man touched an area where the biocleaning was hard to do. This is the first case of infection with PVL described for a laboratory technician.
authors.affiliation: Centre de consultations de pathologies environnementales, maritimes et professionnelles, CHRU Morvan, Brest, France, EA4686, Éthique, professionnalisme et santé, Université de Bretagne occidentale, Brest, France.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pougnet
authors.affiliation: Service de santé des armées, Laboratoire de biologie médicale, Hôpital d'instruction des armées Clermont-Tonnerre, Brest, France.
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pougnet
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin
keywords: infectious disease medicine; infectious disease transmission; medical laboratory personnel; occupational diseases/microbiology; patient-to-professional; skin disease infections