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: Young, B, Earle, S, Soeng, S, Sar, P, Kumar, V, Hor, S, Sar, V, Bousfield, R, Sanderson, N, Barker, L, Stoesser, N, Emary, K, Parry, C, Nickerson, E, Turner, P, Bowden, R, Crook, D, Wyllie, D, Day, N, Wilson, D, Moore, C
Format: Journal article
Published: eLife Sciences Publications 2019