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Emergence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive ST59 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus with high cytolytic peptide expression in association with community-acquired pediatric osteomyelitis complicated by pulmonary embolism.
Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi - 1 Oct 2015
Sawanobori Emi, Hung Wei-Chun, Takano Tomomi, Hachuda Koji, Horiuchi Tadahiro, Higuchi Wataru, Hung Wei-Wen, Iwao Yasuhisa, Nishiyama Akihito, Reva Ivan, Reva Galina, Teng Lee-Jene, Yamamoto Tatsuo
Abstract excerpt
A 15-year-old boy, who had had a furuncle on his femur, developed femoral pyomyositis and osteomyelitis complicated by septic pulmonary embolism. Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive (PVL(+)) ST59 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) was isolated from pus and blood. Chemotherapy was started with cefazolin, followed by combination therapy with meropenem/vancomycin with surgery. The MSSA (strain...
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