Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Does Play a Role in the Early Stage of Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections: A Rabbit Model

Urszula Lipinska; Katleen Hermans; Lieve Meulemans; Oana Dumitrescu; Cedric Badiou; Luc Duchateau; Freddy Haesebrouck; Jerome Etienne; Gerard Lina

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022864

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Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Does Play a Role in the Early Stage of Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections: A Rabbit Model

Urszula Lipinska ,

* E-mail: urszula.lipinska@ugent.be

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Katleen Hermans,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Lieve Meulemans,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Oana Dumitrescu,

Affiliations Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, IFR128, Lyon, France, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Cedric Badiou,

Affiliations Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, IFR128, Lyon, France
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Luc Duchateau,

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biometry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Freddy Haesebrouck,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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Jerome Etienne,

Affiliations Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, IFR128, Lyon, France, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Gerard Lina

Affiliations Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France, INSERM U851, IFR128, Lyon, France, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Does Play a Role in the Early Stage of Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections: A Rabbit Model

Urszula Lipinska,
Katleen Hermans,
Lieve Meulemans,
Oana Dumitrescu,
Cedric Badiou,
Luc Duchateau,
Freddy Haesebrouck,
Jerome Etienne,
Gerard Lina

Published: August 5, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022864

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