Contribution of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin in Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pathogenesis

Binh An Diep; Amy M. Palazzolo-Ballance; Pierre Tattevin; Li Basuino; Kevin R. Braughton; Adeline R. Whitney; Liang Chen; Barry N. Kreiswirth; Michael Otto; Frank R. DeLeo; Henry F. Chambers

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003198

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Contribution of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin in Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pathogenesis

Binh An Diep,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Amy M. Palazzolo-Ballance,

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Pierre Tattevin,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Li Basuino,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Kevin R. Braughton,

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Adeline R. Whitney,

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Liang Chen,

Affiliation Public Health Research Institute and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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Barry N. Kreiswirth,

Affiliation Public Health Research Institute and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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Michael Otto,

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Frank R. DeLeo,

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America
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Henry F. Chambers

* E-mail: hchambers@medsfgh.ucsf.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Contribution of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin in Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pathogenesis

Binh An Diep,
Amy M. Palazzolo-Ballance,
Pierre Tattevin,
Li Basuino,
Kevin R. Braughton,
Adeline R. Whitney,
Liang Chen,
Barry N. Kreiswirth,
Michael Otto,
Frank R. DeLeo

Published: September 12, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003198

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