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  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.
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ebukhari@yahoo.com
Elham E
EE
Bukhari
Fawzia E
FE
Al-Otaibi
Malak M
MM
El-Hazmi
Ali M
AM
Somily
D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin