α-toxin |
hla |
Pneumonia, mice (C57BL/6J) |
LAC (USA300) |
Strong reduction of mortality in hla mutant |
α-toxin is a crucial virulence determinant in mouse pneumonia. |
No effect for lukSF (PVL) deletion in same strain and model |
87 |
α-toxin |
hla |
Pneumonia, mice (C57BL/6J) |
LAC (USA300), MW2 (USA400) |
Protection from pneumonia by anti-Hla antibodies |
α-toxin is a crucial virulence determinant in mouse pneumonia. |
No protection achieved using anti-PVL antisera |
94 |
PSMα |
psmα1, psmα2, psmα3, psmα4 |
Abscess, mice (SKH1-hrBR) bacteremia, mice (CD1 Swiss) |
LAC (USA300): abscess MW2 (USA400): bacteremia |
Strong reduction in mortality and abscess formation |
α-PSMs are crucial virulence determinants in mouse skin infection and sepsis. |
Results directly comparable to δ-toxin, PSMα |
51 |
δ-toxin |
hld |
Abscess, mice (SKH1-hrBR)
bacteremia, mice (CD1 Swiss) |
LAC (USA300): abscess
MW2 (USA400): bacteremia |
Small (insignificant) reduction in mortality and abscess formation |
δ-toxin is not a significant virulence determinants in mouse skin infection and sepsis. |
Results directly comparable to PSMα, PSMβ |
51 |
PSMα |
psmα1, psmα2 |
Abscess, mice (SKH1-hrBR)
bacteremia, mice (CD1 Swiss) |
LAC (USA300): abscess
MW2 (USA400): bacteremia |
No reduction in mortality and abscess formation |
α-PSMs do not impact mouse skin infections and sepsis. |
Results directly comparable to PSMα, δ-toxin |
51 |
ACME |
37 kb ACME fragment containing arc and opp loci |
Bacteremia, rabbits |
SF8300 (USA300) |
Significantly more wild-type than ACME mutant bacteria at end of experiment |
ACME is a significant contributor to rabbit sepsis. |
Highly discriminative competition model |
96 |
PVL |
lukS, lukF |
Abscess, mice (SKH1-hrBR)
bacteremia, mice (CD1 Swiss) |
LAC (USA300), MW2 (USA400) |
No significant differences |
PVL is not a virulence determinant in mouse sepsis or skin infections. |
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86 |
PVL |
lukS, lukF |
Pneumonia, mice (C57BL/6J) |
LAC (USA300) |
No reduction of mortality in lukSF mutant |
PVL is not a virulence determinant in mouse pneumonia. |
Strong effect for hla deletion in same strain and model |
87 |
PVL |
lukS, lukF |
Pneumonia, mice (C57BL/6J) |
LAC (USA300), MW2 (USA400) |
No protection from pneumonia by anti-PVL antibodies |
PVL is not a virulence determinant in mouse pneumonia. |
Protection achieved using anti-Hla antisera in same model |
87 |
PVL |
lukS, lukF |
Pneumonia, mice (BALB/cJ, BALB/cAnNHsd), skin infection, mice (BALB/cJ, BALB/cAnNHsd) |
LAC (USA300) |
No significant effect of PVL |
PVL is not a virulence determinant in mouse pneumonia or skin infection. |
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88 |
PVL |
lukS, lukF |
Bacteremia, rabbits |
SF8300, LAC (USA300), MW2 (USA400) |
Transiently significantly more wild-type than lukSF mutant bacteria, but not at end of experiment |
PVL has a modest, transient effect on the progress of rabbit bacteremia. |
Highly discriminative competition model |
85 |
PVL |
lukS, lukF |
Necrotizing pneumonia, rats |
LAC (USA300) |
No significant effect of PVL |
PVL is not a virulence determinant in rat pneumonia. |
No significant effect of PVL on expression of host inflammatory genes |
89 |
PVL |
lukS, lukF |
Necrotizing pneumonia and skin infection, mice (BALB/c) |
LAC (USA300) |
PVL impacts necrotizing pneumonia and skin infection in mice. |
PVL is a virulence determinant in mouse pneumonia and skin infection. |
Only study showing a prolonged effect of PVL in experimental disease. |
90 |
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Anti-PVL antibodies protect from infection. |
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