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
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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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