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The Panton-Valentine leucocidin (<jats:italic>PVL<\/jats:italic>) is a key virulence factor causing tissue necrosis. <jats:italic>PVL<\/jats:italic> can, however, be present in both benign and life-threatening infections.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case reports and management<\/jats:title><jats:p>We present three pediatric severe infections occurring over a period of only three weeks, in February 2021, and caused by genetically unrelated methicillin-sensitive <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic> producing <jats:italic>PVL<\/jats:italic> in a tertiary children\u2019s hospital in Belgium. The first one presented with necrotizing pneumonia, the second one with a neck abscess extended to the mediastinum, and the last one had sacral osteomyelitis complicated by endocarditis. The management of these infections is mostly based on expert opinions. The most appropriate treatment seems to be the combination of early surgical drainage of infected collections with an antibiotic regimen associating two antibiotics; beta-lactams and either clindamycin or linezolid. Human immunoglobulins also appear to be useful as adjunctive therapy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>PVL<\/jats:italic>-producing <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic> is associated with life-threatening infections in children. 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