Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Letter
Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–producing Staphylococcus aureus
Amos Adler*, Violeta Temper*, Colin S. Block*, Nitsa Abramson†, and Allon E. Moses*
Table
Clinical and microbiologic data of the outbreak*
| No. | Family | Sex/age (y) | Clinical manifestations | Pus cultures | Nasal cultures | PFGE pattern/PVL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | F/33 | Periorbital cellulitis | MSSA, Ery/clin- R | MSSA, Ery/clin- R | I/P |
| 2 | A | M/36 | Leg cellulitis/abscess | None | MSSA, Ery/clin- R | I/P |
| 3 | A | M/4 | Perianal abscess | MSSA, Ery/clin- R | MSSA, Ery/clin- R | I/P |
| 4 | A | F/2 | None | N | ||
| 5 | A | F/1 | None | N | ||
| 6 | B | F/37 | None | MSSA, Ery/clin-R | I/P | |
| 7 | B | M/38 | None | MSSA, Ery/clin-R | I/P | |
| 8 | B | M/9 | Knee cellulitis/abscess | MSSA, Ery/clin- R | MSSA, Ery/clin- R | I/P |
| 9 | B | M/4 | Finger-pulp infection | None | MSSA, Ery/clin- S | D/N |
| 10 | B | F/3 | Lower abdomen cellulitis | None | N | |
| 11 | B | F/3 | None | N |
*PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; PVL, Panton-Valentine leukocidin; F, female; MSSA, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; Ery, erythromycin; clin, clindamycin; R, resistant; I, identical strain; P, positive; M, male; N, negative; S, sensitive; D, different strain. |
*PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; PVL, Panton-Valentine leukocidin; F, female; MSSA, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; Ery, erythromycin; clin, clindamycin; R, resistant; I, identical strain; P, positive; M, male; N, negative; S, sensitive; D, different strain.
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