CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS IN CHILDREN WITH STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA POSITIVE FOR PANTON-VALENTINE LEUCOCIDIN: A NATIONWIDE SURVEY IN A LOW METHICILLIN-RESISTANCE SETTING.

A total of 714 pediatric cases of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia were identified from 2008 to 2015 in Denmark; 98% were methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA). Fifteen isolates (2,1%) were Panton-Valentine leucocidin positive (0.17/100,000 children/year) and 87% MSSA. Eight cases (53%) were severe, including all pneumonia cases. Panton-Valentine leucocidin positive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is rare in our setting with high MSSA-prevalence. Half of the cases were uncomplicated.