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Not your typical pneumonia

Panton-Valentine leukocidin is a cytotoxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus. It was initially discovered by Van deVelde in 1894 due to its ability to lyse leukocytes. However, it was named after Sir Philip Noel Panton and Francis Valentine, when they described it in 1932 as a dermo-necrotic and leu...

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Published in:Clin Med (Lond)
Main Author: Satia, Imran
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Royal College of Physicians 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4952645/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23681877
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.13-2-206
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