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.
1This report was presented in part at the 42nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), September 27–30, 2002, San Diego, California.
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