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Panton-Valentine leukocidin antibodies for the treatment of MRSA skin infections?


ABSTRACT: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has recently caused epidemic outbreaks of community-associated (CA) skin infections. The infecting strains frequently contain the genes encoding the staphylococcal toxin, Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL). On that ground, the use of PVL-based vaccines has been proposed for the treatment of CA-MRSA infections, despite experimental and epidemiological evidence that does not support a major role of the PVL toxin in CA-MRSA skin disease. Hermos et al. show that antibodies to PVL do not protect from CA-MRSA skin infections in children, strongly suggesting that PVL-based immunization is of little benefit for this most frequent disease caused by CA-MRSA.

SUBMITTER: Otto M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3106302 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Panton-Valentine leukocidin antibodies for the treatment of MRSA skin infections?

Otto Michael M  

Expert review of anti-infective therapy 20110401 4


Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has recently caused epidemic outbreaks of community-associated (CA) skin infections. The infecting strains frequently contain the genes encoding the staphylococcal toxin, Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL). On that ground, the use of PVL-based vaccines has been proposed for the treatment of CA-MRSA infections, despite experimental and epidemiological evidence that does not support a major role of the PVL toxin in CA-MRSA skin disease. Hermos et a  ...[more]

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