id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-317940-yg91bsmm Chalumeau, Martin Transmission of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–Producing Staphylococcus aureus to a Physician during Resuscitation of a Child 2005-08-01 .txt text/plain 1045 60 43 title: Transmission of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–Producing Staphylococcus aureus to a Physician during Resuscitation of a Child We report the first case of transmission of Panton-Valentine leukocidin–producing Staphylococcus aureus to a physician during the resuscitation of an infant with fatal pneumonia. We report the first case of transmission of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus to a physician during the resuscitation of an infant with fatal pneumonia. Severe respiratory diseases, in immunocompetent infants, and chronic furunculosis have been associated with Staphylococcus aureus strains producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), a cytotoxin that causes leukocyte destruction and tissue necrosis [1] . S. aureus strains susceptible to methicillin were isolated from samples from the physician and from 5 other health care workers. aureus isolates from the infant (S1) and the physician (S2) but not from the isolates from the other health care workers. aureus strain from a patient to a health care worker during resuscitation. ./cache/cord-317940-yg91bsmm.txt ./txt/cord-317940-yg91bsmm.txt