Panton–Valentine leucocidin is the key determinant of Staphylococcus aureus pyomyositis in a bacterial GWAS

Panton–Valentine leucocidin is the key determinant of Staphylococcus aureus pyomyositis in a bacterial GWAS

Pyomyositis is a severe bacterial infection of skeletal muscle, commonly affecting children in tropical regions, predominantly caused by Staphylococcus aureus. To understand the contribution of bacterial genomic factors to pyomyositis, we conducted a genome-wide association study of S. aureus cultur...

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Main Authors: Bernadette C Young, Sarah G Earle, Sona Soeng, Poda Sar, Varun Kumar, Songly Hor, Vuthy Sar, Rachel Bousfield, Nicholas D Sanderson, Leanne Barker, Nicole Stoesser, Katherine RW Emary, Christopher M Parry, Emma K Nickerson, Paul Turner, Rory Bowden, Derrick W Crook, David H Wyllie, Nicholas PJ Day, Daniel J Wilson, Catrin E Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-02-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus
pyomyositis
Cambodia
genome-wide association study
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/42486

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https://elifesciences.org/articles/42486

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