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Panton-Valentine leukocidin

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Panton-Valentine leukocidin
a nonhemolytic toxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus which kills segmented neutrophils and macrophages.


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Among various determinants involved in the pathogenesis of CA-MRSA infections, special attention has been focused on the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), which has a strong epidemiologic link with CA-MRSA clones (1).
CAMRSA has also been found to carry the genes encoding the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) exotoxin in the vast majority of cases.
Thirty-three people have contracted the deadly Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) in the region since the first recorded case in 2004.
 
 
 
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