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Scott D Kobayashi1, Natalia Malachowa, Adeline R Whitney, Kevin R Braughton, Donald J Gardner, Dan Long, Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg, Olaf Schneewind, Michael Otto, Frank R Deleo.
Abstract
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections are frequently associated with strains harboring genes encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL). The role of PVL in the success of the epidemic CA-MRSA strain USA300 remains unknown. Here we developed a skin and soft tissue infection model in rabbits to test the hypothesis that PVL contributes to USA300 pathogenesis and compare it with well-established virulence determinants: alpha-hemolysin (Hla), phenol-soluble modulin-alpha peptides (PSMα), and accessory gene regulator (Agr). The data indicate that Hla, PSMα, and Agr contribute to the pathogenesis of USA300 skin infections in rabbits, whereas a role for PVL could not be detected.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21849291 PMCID: PMC3156927 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir441
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226