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Panton-Valentine leucocidin positive CC121 strain methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus is associated with pyomyositis in Cambodian children

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Background: Pyomyositis is primarily a disease primarily of children in tropical regions. 90% of cases are caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Only small case series have been reported, and the bacterial genetic factors underlying this disease are incompletely understood. We present a genome wide association study of S. aureus isolated from pyomyositis and asymptomatic carriage from the same human paediatric population.

Material/methods: Bacterial isolates were identified from 102 chi...

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University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
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Publisher:
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Host title:
ECCMID'17: 27th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
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Volume:
2017
Pages:
P1792
Publication date:
2017-04-25
Acceptance date:
2017-01-01


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2017-05-05
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