The Association between Staphylococcus aureus Strains Carrying Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes and the Development of Deep-Seated Follicular Infection

Background. Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is mainly associated with necrotic suppurative lesions, such as furuncles and abscesses in the skin and subcutaneous tissue, but it has also been isolated from patients with community-acquired, severe, necrotizing pneumonia. However, the clinical manifes...

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