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leukocidin

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leukocidin /leu·ko·ci·din/ (-si´din) a substance produced by some pathogenic bacteria that is toxic to polymorphonuclear leukocytes (neutrophils).
leu·ko·ci·din (lk-sdn, l-ks-dn)
n.
A substance, produced by certain species of Staphylococcus and Streptococcus bacteria, that can destroy or lyse white blood cells.
leukocidin
a substance produced by some pathogenic bacteria that is toxic to polymorphonuclear leukocytes (neutrophils).


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Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) has been associated with CA-MRSA strains (1-4).
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These cause the antibiotic resistance and enable the microbe to make Panton-Valentine leukocidin, a toxin associated with severe abscesses.
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50) Bacterial production of proteolytic enzymes, lipopolysaccharide endotoxin, leukocidin, and hemagglutinin accounts for the pathogenicity of F necrophorum, which then invade the regional veins.
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