Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Returning Travelers

Abstract

Abstract. Skin and soft tissue infections caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus are emerging among travelers returning from the tropics. Here, we here present data on 15 affected individuals. Intrafamiliar spread was documented in one case, and occupational transmission was assumed in another. Spa typing of the strains revealed a broad spectrum of variants, but some were clonally related. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was found in three cases.

Community‐acquired skin infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus: What is the role of the Panton‐Valentine leukocidin toxin?

“…In 112 patients presenting in our clinic between 1/2005 and 12/2011 with the diagnosis furuncle, abscess or impetigo contagiosa and the bacteriological detection of S. aureus in the diseased tissue, PVL toxin and methicillin resistance status as well as spa typing were determined. The detection of the lukSF‐PV gene was performed using PCR .…”

SARS-CoV-2 with Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus healthcare-associated pneumonia in the Indian Ocean

“…Although the link between PVL and the severity of healthcare-associated pneumonia due to S. aureus has not been clearly demonstrated, and the fact that is difficult to identify the role of this toxin with respect to other S. aureus virulence factors in our cases, these two patients presented a notable clinical severity. Production of PVL should therefore be searched in patients returning from the Indian Ocean region who present with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia complicated by superinfection with S. aureus even in the case of late onset healthcare-associated pneumonia [ 12 ].…”