Epidemiological, clinical, outcome and antibiotic susceptibility differences between PVL positive and PVL negative Staphylococcus aureus infections in Western Australia: A case control study

Background: Panton Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) has been associated with invasive Staphylococcus aureus soft tissue and pneumonic infections. Methods: From September 2007 to January 2009 at Royal Perth Hospital we tested for the PVL gene in S. aureus isolates from an invasive site, a suspected PVL-rel...

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Main Authors: Boan, P., Tan, H., Pearson, J., Coombs, Geoffrey, Heath, C., Robinson, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10809