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leukocidin

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leukocidin [‚lü·kə′sīd·ən]
(biochemistry)
A toxic substance released by certain bacteria which destroys leukocytes.
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Among various determinants involved in the pathogenesis of CA-MRSA infections, special attention has been focused on the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), which has a strong epidemiologic link with CA-MRSA clones (1).
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA400 clone, Italy by Vignaroli, Carla; Varaldo, Pietro E.; Camporese, Alessandro / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Infection professors have warned that dangerous Panton-Valentine Leukocidin, or PVL, could be the next superbug to strike at the heart of the NHS in the wake of MRSA and Clostridium difficile(C.
Lethal bugs' toll of chaos; HEALTH: Infections shut 77 wards in a ... by Birmingham Mail (England)
CAMRSA has also been found to carry the genes encoding the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) exotoxin in the vast majority of cases.
The Retrospective Prevalence of Community-Acquired ... by Gary W Dufresne and Ryan D Wells and James A Pfaff / Military Medicine
 
 
 
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