Fournier's gangrene caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-negative methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus ST8 in Japan. Staphylococcus aureus strain:multilocus sequence type 8

We determined whole genome sequence of the isolated strain and compared the composition of virulence factors between the isolated strain and USA300 strain which belongs to sequence type 8 and is reported to cause necrotizing fasciitis.