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Volume 31, Number 6—June 2025

Dispatch

Skin Infections Caused by Panton-Valentine Leukocidin and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in Child, Japan

Kensuke ShojiComments to Author , Kazue Yoshida, Marie Takenouchi, Junzo Hisatsune, Shoko Kutsuno, Chika Arai, Kanako Masuda, Motoyuki Sugai, Takashi Ishikawa, Toshinao Kawai, Kazuhiro Uda, and Isao Miyairi
Author affiliation: National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan (K. Shoji, K. Yoshida, M. Takenouchi, T. Ishikawa, T. Kawai, K. Uda, I. Miyairi); National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo (J. Hisatsune, S. Kutsuno, C. Arai, M. Sugai); Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan (J. Hisatsune, S. Kutsuno, C. Arai, K. Masuda, M. Sugai); Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan (K. Uda); Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan (I. Miyairi)

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Figure 1

Multiple furuncles (furunculosis) on forearm (A) and thigh (B) of child experiencing recurrent skin infections caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin and exfoliative toxin E double-positive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 188 clone, Japan.

Figure 1. Multiple furuncles (furunculosis) on forearm (A) and thigh (B) of child experiencing recurrent skin infections caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin and exfoliative toxin E double-positive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 188 clone, Japan.

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