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

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 assoc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Young, B, Soeng, S, Sar, P, Kumar, V, Sar, V, Hor, S, Bousfield, R, Emary, K, Nickerson, E, Stoesser, N, Parry, C, Day, N, Wilson, D, Moore, C
Format: Conference item
Published: European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2017