First report of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus ST88 harbouring ΦSa2usa isolated from refractory breast abscesses in Japan

A Togashi; M S Aung; Y Yoto; Y Akane; T Tsugawa; M Kawaguchiya; H Tsutsumi; N Kobayashi

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2016.06.006

First report of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus ST88 harbouring ΦSa2usa isolated from refractory breast abscesses in Japan

New Microbes New Infect. 2016 Jun 11:13:62-4. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2016.06.006. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Authors

A Togashi¹, M S Aung², Y Yoto¹, Y Akane¹, T Tsugawa¹, M Kawaguchiya², H Tsutsumi¹, N Kobayashi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
² Department of Hygiene, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.

Abstract

A methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus with Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) genes was isolated from refractory breast abscesses of 12-year-old girl in Japan, and classified into ST88, spa-t1245 and coa-IIIa. This strain harboured PVL phage ΦSa2usa, which is usually found in ST8 community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus clone USA300.

Keywords: Panton–Valentine leukocidin; ST88; Staphylococcus aureus; refractory abscess; ΦSa2usa.