Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes in a Laboratory Quality Control Strain of Staphylococcus aureus
Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Until rather recently, our total awareness of the Staphylococcus aureus -associated exotoxin known as Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) was limited to a few historic publications ([2][1]). Interest in PVL was renewed in the 1990s with the recognition of two distinct yet soon-to-be-linked
Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Author: W. Michael Dunne
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2097994316