Should we screen and decolonise contacts of patients with Panton Valentine leukocidin associated Staphylococcus aureus infection?

BMJ. 2011 Sep 9:343:d5479. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d5479.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacterial Toxins*
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Exotoxins*
  • Humans
  • Hygiene
  • Leukocidins*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Secondary Prevention
  • Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / chemistry*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Exotoxins
  • Leukocidins
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin