Skin and soft tissue infections caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus are emerging among travelers returning from the tropics. Here, we here present data on 15 affected individuals. Intrafamiliar spread was documented in one case, and occupational transmission was assumed in another. Spa typing of the strains revealed a broad spectrum of variants, but some were clonally related. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was found in three cases.
%0 Journal Article
%1 tappe_panton-valentine_2010
%A Tappe, Dennis
%A Schulze, Marco H
%A Oesterlein, Anett
%A Turnwald, Doris
%A Müller, Andreas
%A Vogel, Ulrich
%A Stich, August
%D 2010
%J The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
%K Adult, Aged, Bacterial Child, Climate Communicable Diseases, Emerging, Exotoxins, Female, Humans, Infections, Leukocidins, Male, Middle Skin Soft Staphylococcal Staphylococcus Tissue Toxins, Travel, Tropical ag_horn aureus, {Methicillin-Resistant}
%N 4
%P 748--750
%R 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0252
%T Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus infections in returning travelers
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20889859
%V 83
%X Skin and soft tissue infections caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus are emerging among travelers returning from the tropics. Here, we here present data on 15 affected individuals. Intrafamiliar spread was documented in one case, and occupational transmission was assumed in another. Spa typing of the strains revealed a broad spectrum of variants, but some were clonally related. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was found in three cases.
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abstract = {Skin and soft tissue infections caused by {Panton-Valentine} leukocidin-producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus are emerging among travelers returning from the tropics. Here, we here present data on 15 affected individuals. Intrafamiliar spread was documented in one case, and occupational transmission was assumed in another. Spa typing of the strains revealed a broad spectrum of variants, but some were clonally related. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus {(MRSA)} was found in three cases.},
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author = {Tappe, Dennis and Schulze, Marco H and Oesterlein, Anett and Turnwald, Doris and Müller, Andreas and Vogel, Ulrich and Stich, August},
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journal = {The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene},
keywords = {Adult, Aged, Bacterial Child, Climate Communicable Diseases, Emerging, Exotoxins, Female, Humans, Infections, Leukocidins, Male, Middle Skin Soft Staphylococcal Staphylococcus Tissue Toxins, Travel, Tropical ag_horn aureus, {Methicillin-Resistant}},
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pages = {748--750},
timestamp = {2011-04-07T15:47:41.000+0200},
title = {{Panton-Valentine} leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus infections in returning travelers},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20889859},
volume = 83,
year = 2010
}