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SUBMITTER: Yamagishi H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7434535 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yamagishi Hirofumi H Kawahori Kenichi K Ohkiba Noriaki N Murooka Nozomi N Inazawa Takeshi T
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 20200416 14
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300, belonging to sequence type (ST) 8, is a rare cause of necrotizing fasciitis in the USA. We herein report a case of monomicrobial Fournier's gangrene caused by an ST8, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (designated ksw1). Whole-genome sequencing and analyses for virulence determinants revealed that, unlike USA300, ksw1 lacked virulence genes, such as Panton-Valentine leukocidin and SCCmec, while harboring the toxic shock syndrome toxi ...[more]