Panton-Valentine Leucocidin (PVL) as a Potential Indicator for Prevalence, Duration, and Severity of Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis

Panton-Valentine Leucocidin (PVL) as a Potential Indicator for Prevalence, Duration, and Severity of Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis

Staphylococcus aureus is the most common cause of the difficult-to-treat osteomyelitis (OM). To better diagnose and manage S. aureus OM, especially for severe and long duration cases, indicators for risk prediction and severity evaluation are needed. Here, 139 clinical S. aureus isolates from orthop...

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Main Authors: Bei Jiang, Yinan Wang, Zihan Feng, Lei Xu, Li Tan, Shuang Zhao, Yali Gong, Cheng Zhang, Xiaoqiang Luo, Shu Li, Xiancai Rao, Yizhi Peng, Zhao Xie, Xiaomei Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus
Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL)
osteomyelitis
molecular epidemiology
virulence factor
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02355/full

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