Characteristics of Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from abscessing pneumonias in the Czech Republic

Machová, Ivana; Rájová,  Jana; Fridrichová, Marta; Kuntová,  Lucie; Dvořáková,  Michaela; Doškař,  Jiří; Žemličková, Helena; Pantůček,  Roman; Petráš,  Petr

Characteristics of Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from abscessing pneumonias in the Czech Republic

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Authors	MACHOVÁ Ivana KAHÁNKOVÁ Jana FRIDRICHOVÁ Marta KUNTOVÁ Lucie DVOŘÁKOVÁ Michaela DOŠKAŘ Jiří ŽEMLIČKOVÁ Helena PANTŮČEK Roman PETRÁŠ Petr
Year of publication	2010
Type	Article in Proceedings
Conference	Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Volume 16, Issue s2
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	DOI http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123359225/abstract
Field	Microbiology, virology
Keywords	Staphylococcus aureus; community acquired infections; pneumonia; diagnostics; Panton-Valentine leukocidin
Description	Description of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) positive strains isolated from eight abscessing pneumonias in the Czech Republic between December 2007 and May 2009. Short case reports are described too. Five of them were lethal.
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