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PCR detection of PVL and exfoliative toxin genes in S. aureus isolates from 54 patients with skin abscesses
| Toxin gene | No. (%) of patients with:
|
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary abscesses (n = 38) | Secondary abscesses (n = 16) | ||
| Panton-Valentine leucocidin | 33 (86.8) | 15 (93.8) | 0.657 |
| Exfoliative toxin A | 0 | 1 (6.3) | |
| Exfoliative toxin B | 0 | 0 | |
| None detected | 5 (13.2) | 0 | |
