
pmid: 15078606
pmc: PMC3322757
The Panton-Valentine leukocidin is associated with staphylococcal skin and pulmonary infections. We describe a school outbreak of skin infections and the public health response to it. Nasal carriage of a Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus clone was detected only in previously ill classmates and their family members.
skin, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacterial Toxins, furunculosis, Exotoxins, handwashing, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Skin Diseases, Disease Outbreaks, Leukocidins, Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Bacterial Toxins; Carrier State; Child; Chlorhexidine/therapeutic use; Disease Outbreaks; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Exotoxins; Humans; Leukocidins/isolation & purification; Mupirocin/therapeutic use; Nasal Mucosa/microbiology; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Skin Diseases/epidemiology; Skin Diseases/microbiology; Staphylococcus aureus/genetics; Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification; Switzerland/epidemiology, Humans, Child, Chlorhexidine, R, Dispatch, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field, Nasal Mucosa, Mupirocin, Carrier State, Medicine, Switzerland
skin, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacterial Toxins, furunculosis, Exotoxins, handwashing, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Skin Diseases, Disease Outbreaks, Leukocidins, Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Bacterial Toxins; Carrier State; Child; Chlorhexidine/therapeutic use; Disease Outbreaks; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Exotoxins; Humans; Leukocidins/isolation & purification; Mupirocin/therapeutic use; Nasal Mucosa/microbiology; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Skin Diseases/epidemiology; Skin Diseases/microbiology; Staphylococcus aureus/genetics; Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification; Switzerland/epidemiology, Humans, Child, Chlorhexidine, R, Dispatch, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field, Nasal Mucosa, Mupirocin, Carrier State, Medicine, Switzerland
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