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

<jats:p>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....

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Main Authors: Young, BC, Earle, SG, Soeng, S, Sar, P, Kumar, V, Hor, S, Sar, V, Bousfield, R, Sanderson, ND, Barker, L, Stoesser, N, Emary, KRW, Parry, CM, Nickerson, EK, Turner, P, Bowden, R, Crook, DW, Wyllie, DJ, Day, NPJ, Wilson, DJ, Moore, CE
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences 2019