- Panton-Valentine (P-V) leukocidin
- a leukocidin produced by staphylococci that destroys human and rabbit leukocytes by injuring the cell membrane, with subsequent cell degranulation; it is nonhemolytic.
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Panton-Valentine (P-V) leukocidin
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