Abstract
ABSTRACT 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.
Article Type
Case Report
First Page
201
Last Page
204
Recommended Citation
Bukhari, Elham E.; Al-Otaibi, Fawzia E.; El-Hazmi, Malak M.; and Somily, Ali M.
(2012)
"Panton-Valentine leukocidin Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis of the femur in a Saudi child.,"
Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 33:
Iss.
2, Article 15.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/1658-3175.5493