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

• 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

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• 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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