Panton–Valentine leucocidin expression by Staphylococcus aureus exposed to common antibiotics
•9% of MSSA isolates from uncomplicated community SST infection were PVL positive.•MSSA PVL expression in vitro was not altered by β-lactam (flucloxacillin) exposure.•Transcription of PVL in vivo was enhanced following flucloxacillin treatment.•Increased PVL transcription did not lead to enhanced ab...
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W.B. Saunders
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4535317/ |