Community-acquired infections due to Staphylococcus argenteus lineage isolates harbouring the Panton-Valentine leucocidin, France, 2014

C Dupieux; R Blondé; C Bouchiat; H Meugnier; M Bes; S Laurent; F Vandenesch; F Laurent; A Tristan

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.23.21154

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Community-acquired infections due to Staphylococcus argenteus lineage isolates harbouring the Panton-Valentine leucocidin, France, 2014
C Dupieux^1,2 , R Blondé³ , C Bouchiat^1,2 , H Meugnier^1,2 , M Bes^1,2 , S Laurent³ , F Vandenesch^1,2 , F Laurent^1,2 , A Tristan^1,2
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Affiliations: ¹ Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Centre de Biologie et de Pathologie Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron, France ² CIRI, International Center for Infectiology Research, INSERM U1111, CNRS UMR5308, Université de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France ³ Service de Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier de Mayotte, Mamoudzou, France

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Citation style for this article: Dupieux C, Blondé R, Bouchiat C, Meugnier H, Bes M, Laurent S, Vandenesch F, Laurent F, Tristan A. Community-acquired infections due to Staphylococcus argenteus lineage isolates harbouring the Panton-Valentine leucocidin, France, 2014. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(23):pii=21154. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.23.21154 Received: 29 May 2015

Abstract

We describe two cases of human infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex (CC) 75, also called Staphylococcus argenteus, harbouring the Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL). These two sporadic cases were community-acquired, and identified in France in 2014. Both had an epidemiological link with Mayotte, an overseas department of France located in the Indian Ocean off the south-eastern African coast. This report illustrates that, contrary to previous descriptions, S. argenteus can acquire important virulence factors and be responsible for severe infections.