Skin infection

Staphylococcal infections

Bacteria

Biology

Microbiology

Surgery

Dermatology

Endocarditis

Pathogen

Immunology

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Panton–Valentine leukocidin

Leukocidin

Staphylococcus aureus

Toxic shock syndrome

Staphylococcal Skin Infections

Genetics

Medicine

Acta Dermato Venereologica

Staphylococcus aureus is the most common pathogen involved in skin infections worldwide, regardless of the patient's age, the climate or geographical area. The main skin clinical manifestations can be linked to a few toxins produced by the bacteria, which give rise to a rich and varied clinical spectrum. Panton Valentine leucocidin, exfoliatins, enterotoxins and toxin shock syndrome toxin 1 are the main toxins involved in most dermatological manifestations associated with S. aureus. Other less frequent cutaneous manifestations can occur in endocarditis, bacteraemia. Currently, the most important event is worldwide emergence of community-acquired S. aureus resistant to methicillin (CA-MRSA), mainly causing skin infections.

Skin Infections Caused by Staphylococcus aureus