Prevalence of panton valentine Leukocidin (pvl) gene in methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus isolated from market samples of chicken meat

The present study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of Panton Valentine Leukocidin (pvl) in methicillin resistant S. aureus isolated from Chicken meat marketed in retail outlets in Chennai city, Tamil Nadu. A total of 120 meat samples were collected from different retail outlets and it was observed that 66.67 (80/120) per cent of the samples were positive for the presence of S. aureus.