Definitions
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- noun A type of
cytotoxin created by some types ofbacteria .
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Examples
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Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin causes necrotizing pneumonia.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Association between Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying gene for Panton-Valentine leukocidin and highly lethal necrotising pneumonia in young immunocompetent patients.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in France: emergence of a single clone that produces Panton-Valentine leukocidin.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes are associated with enhanced inflammatory response and local disease in acute hematogenous Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis in children.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes: worldwide emergence.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin causes necrotizing pneumonia.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Severe community-onset pneumonia in healthy adults caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Association between Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying gene for Panton-Valentine leukocidin and highly lethal necrotising pneumonia in young immunocompetent patients.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Widespread skin and soft-tissue infections due to two methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains harboring the genes for Panton-Valentine leukocidin.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Is Panton-Valentine leukocidin the major virulence determinant in community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease?
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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