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Involvement of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus related to sequence type 25 and harboring pvl genes in a case of carotid cavernous fistula after community-associated sepsis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2012
Damasco Paulo V, Chamon Raiane C, Barbosa Angélica T L, da Cunha Sérgio, Aquino José H W, Cavalcante Fernanda S, Dos Santos Kátia R N
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) genes has become the cause of life-threatening infections. We describe a case of carotid cavernous fistula after bacteremia in a 12-year-old male, caused by a methicillin-susceptible S. aureus isolate carrying the pvl, fnbA, and ebpS genes and related to sequence type 25 (ST25). The patient's condition was complicated by pleural empyema and...
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