Panton-Valentine leukocidin Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis of the femur in a Saudi child

Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is well recognized to cause severe skin and soft tissue infections. Recently, it has been increasingly recognized as causing life-threatening musculoskeletal infection. We reported previously 3 children who had osteomyelitis caused by...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Saudi medical journal 2012-02, Vol.33 (2), p.201-204
Hauptverfasser:	BUKHARI, Elham E, AL-OTAIBI, Fawzia E, EL-HAZMI, Malak M, SOMILY, Ali M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial arthritis and osteitis Bacterial diseases Bacterial Toxins - genetics Biological and medical sciences Exotoxins - genetics Female Femur - diagnostic imaging Femur - microbiology Femur - surgery General aspects Human bacterial diseases Humans Infant Infectious diseases Leukocidins - genetics Medical sciences Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - genetics Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification Osteomyelitis - diagnosis Osteomyelitis - therapy Radiography Saudi Arabia Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis Staphylococcal Infections - therapy Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
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Zusammenfassung:	Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is well recognized to cause severe skin and soft tissue infections. Recently, it has been increasingly recognized as causing life-threatening musculoskeletal infection. We reported previously 3 children who had osteomyelitis caused by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. We report and discuss a case of Methicillin sensitive staphylococcus aureus encoding the PVL genes isolated from a child with acute osteomyelitis from Saudi Arabia.
ISSN:	0379-5284