Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus test isolates

Clinical characteristic/disease pathology	No. of isolates for patient age group (yrs)
	0–19	20–39	40–59	>60	Total
Skin and soft tissue infections	2	5	0	5	12
Bacteremia	0	1	0	1	2
Colonization	0	1	1	0	2
Empyema	1	0	0	0	1
Pneumonia	0	1	1	0	2
Total isolates	3	8	2	6	19