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To the Editor: Strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus that produce Panton–Valentine leukocidin and that are associated with soft-tissue infections and necrotizing pneumonia are emerging worldwide,¹ most often as a source of community-acquired infections but also as a source of nosocomial infections.^2,3,4 We report a case of infection with such a strain that occurred in a laboratory and that affected an experienced microbiologist in the absence of a prior skin lesion.

Acute paronychia on the left middle finger developed in a 37-year-old microbiologist seven days after he had worked with a strain of methicillin-resistant S. aureus that produced Panton–Valentine leukocidin. After . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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