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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*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; †Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

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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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