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Table 4 Clinical and molecular features of the 11 patients with Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive MSSA isolates

From: Molecular characteristics and clinical features of pediatric methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection in a medical center in northern Taiwan

Age range (years)

Gender

IP/OP

Underlying diseases

Diagnosis

Onset Group

Outcome

PFGE

MLST-spa

5–10

F

OP

None

Primary bacteremia

CA

Uneventfully

CT

ST1301-t8940

< 1

M

IP

None

SSTI

CA

Uneventfully

AI

ST8-t008

5–10

M

OP

None

SSTI

CA

Uneventfully

D

..

> 10

F

IP

None

SSTI

CA

Uneventfully

D

ST59-t1950

5–10

M

OP

None

SSTI

CA

Uneventfully

D

..

1–4

M

IP

None

SSTI

CA

Uneventfully

D

..

> 10

M

OP

Atopic

SSTI

CA

Uneventfully

D

ST59-t437

> 10

M

OP

None

SSTI

HACO

Uneventfully

D

..

< 1

M

IP

Preterm, Cardiovascular disease

Pneumonia

HO

Non-attributable mortality

D

..

5–10

F

IP

None

SSTI

HO

Uneventfully

D

..

< 1

F

IP

None

SSTI

HO

Uneventfully

D

..

  1. IP inpatient, OP outpatient, PFGE pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, MLST multi-locus sequence typing, CA community-associated, HA healthcare-associated, CO community onset, HO hospital onset