Staphylococcus aureus panton-valentine leukocidin is a very potent cytotoxic factor for human neutrophils

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• who: Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine Leukocidin and collaborators from the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Münster, Germany, Interdisciplinary Center of Clinical Research, University Hospital of Münster, Germany have published the Article: Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Is a Very Potent Cytotoxic Factor for Human Neutrophils, in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of June/18,/2009
• what: The authors used neutrophils isolated from different species to evaluate the cytotoxic effect of PVL in comparison to other staphylococcal cytolytic components. The authors demonstrate that PVL induces rapid activation and cell death in human and rabbit . . .
  

   

  

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