Transmission of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Staphylococcus Aureus between Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Arnon Elizur; Rachel C. Orscheln; Thomas W. Ferkol; W. Michael Dunne; Gregory A. Storch; Carolyn L. Cannon

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.04.016

Transmission of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Staphylococcus Aureus between Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Arnon Elizur, Rachel C. Orscheln, Thomas W. Ferkol, W. Michael Dunne, Gregory A. Storch, Carolyn L. Cannon

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Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus is an emerging pathogen world-wide, causing necrotizing lung infections in otherwise healthy individuals. We describe 2 episodes of patient-to-patient transmission of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing S aureus, resulting in acute, life-threatening pulmonary complications in patients with cystic fibrosis. Appropriate infection control measures may be warranted to prevent similar episodes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	90-92
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Pediatrics
Volume	151
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.04.016
State	Published - Jul 2007

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Transmission of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Staphylococcus Aureus between Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

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