Journal of travel medicine

The most recent articles from: J Travel Med March 2008

J Travel Med · Mar 2008

Case Reports

Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus as a cause for recurrent, contagious skin infections in young, healthy travelers returned from a tropical country: a new worldwide public health problem?

Skin infections associated with visits to tropical countries are well known. In most of the cases, the infection is caused by Staphylococcus aureus. ⋯ But several patients suffer from recurrent skin infections. Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is a cytotoxin produced by S aureus, which is associated with severe necrotic skin lesions and with a high contagiosity.

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