PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bukhari, Elham E.
AU  - Al-Otaibi, Fawzia E.
AU  - El-Hazmi, Malak M.
AU  - Somily, Ali M.
TI  - Panton-Valentine leukocidin Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis of the femur in a Saudi child.
DP  - 2012 Feb 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 201--204
VI  - 33
IP  - 2
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/33/2/201.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/33/2/201.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2012 Feb 01; 33
AB  - ABSTRACT Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is well recognized to cause severe skin and soft tissue infections. Recently, it has been increasingly recognized as causing life-threatening musculoskeletal infection. We reported previously 3 children who had osteomyelitis caused by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. We report and discuss a case of Methicillin sensitive staphylococcus aureus encoding the PVL genes isolated from a child with acute osteomyelitis from Saudi Arabia.