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To the Editor: Many isolates of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) produce Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL), increasing the virulence of the bacteria, which can cause disseminated deep abscesses and necrotizing pneumonia.¹ We report the transmission of PVL-positive MRSA between a symptomatic woman and both her asymptomatic family and their healthy pet cat.

An otherwise healthy woman presented with recurrent multiple deep abscesses. Swabs from several abscesses and nasal cultures grew MRSA that was resistant to both beta-lactam and fusidic acid antibiotics. Polymerase-chain-reaction assays for the PVL genes lukS-PV and lukF-PV were positive. The genotype of the staphylococcal chromosomal cassette was SCC. . . [Full Text of this Article]

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