The Panton-Valentine leukocidin is a virulence factor in a murine model of necrotizing pneumonia

J Infect Dis. 2010 Mar 15;201(6):967-9; author reply 969-70. doi: 10.1086/651026.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Exotoxins / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Leukocidins / physiology*
  • Mice
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / microbiology*
  • Point Mutation
  • Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
  • Staphylococcus aureus / pathogenicity*
  • Trans-Activators / genetics*
  • Trans-Activators / metabolism
  • Virulence
  • Virulence Factors / physiology*

Substances

  • Agr protein, Staphylococcus aureus
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Exotoxins
  • Leukocidins
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin
  • Trans-Activators
  • Virulence Factors