Remitting infections due to community-acquired Panton –Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus in the Milan area

We describe an outbreak of recurrent cutaneous PVL infections in different members of three family clusters. Molecular investigations were performed to confirm the presence of the mecA and PVL genes and to assign the SCCmec type, sequence type (ST) and clonal relatedne ss. A strain of PVL-producing methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) was responsible for infection in two related families (A and B), and a third family (C) was infected with PVL-producing methicillin-sensitive S.
Source: Journal of Infection and Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research