Volume 10, Number 1—January 2004
Dispatch
Panton-Valentine Leukocidin and Staphyloccoccal Skin Infections in Schoolchildren1
Karim Boubaker*, Patrick Diebold†, Dominique S. Blanc‡, François Vandenesch§, Gérard Praz*, Georges Dupuis*, and Nicolas Troillet*
Table
Detection of genes encoding for various exotoxins, by clonea
| Clone A | Clone B | Clone C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| β-hemolysin | – | – | – |
| Enterotoxins | G, I, K, L, M | G, I, K, L, M | H, M, O |
| Exfoliative toxins | – | – | – |
| LukD–LukE | + | – | – |
| Panton-Valentine leukocidin | + | – | – |
| Toxic-shock syndrome toxin-1 | – | – | + |
aMultiplex polymerase chain reaction, one isolate representative of each clone.
