Fatal necrotizing pneumonia due to a Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive community-associated methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and Influenza co-infection: a case report

Recent studies have described a number of fatalities due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and influenza virus co-infection. MRSA isolates provide a challenge to caregivers due to inherent wide range antibiotic resistance. Many facilities have instituted screening methods, based...

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Autores principales: Roberts, Jill C, Gulino, Sam P, Peak, K Kealy, Luna, Vicki A, Sanderson, Roger
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2276235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18284686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-0711-7-5
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author Roberts, Jill C
Gulino, Sam P
Peak, K Kealy
Luna, Vicki A
Sanderson, Roger
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Peak, K Kealy
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Sanderson, Roger
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description Recent studies have described a number of fatalities due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and influenza virus co-infection. MRSA isolates provide a challenge to caregivers due to inherent wide range antibiotic resistance. Many facilities have instituted screening methods, based on the presence of antibiotic resistance genes, to identify MRSA positive patients upon admission. However, the resistance profile of the pathogen does not necessarily determine the severity of disease caused by that organism. We describe a fatal case of necrotizing pneumonia in a patient co-infected with Influenza B and a community-associated, PVL-positive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA).
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spelling pubmed-22762352008-03-28 Fatal necrotizing pneumonia due to a Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive community-associated methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and Influenza co-infection: a case report Roberts, Jill C Gulino, Sam P Peak, K Kealy Luna, Vicki A Sanderson, Roger Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob Case Report Recent studies have described a number of fatalities due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and influenza virus co-infection. MRSA isolates provide a challenge to caregivers due to inherent wide range antibiotic resistance. Many facilities have instituted screening methods, based on the presence of antibiotic resistance genes, to identify MRSA positive patients upon admission. However, the resistance profile of the pathogen does not necessarily determine the severity of disease caused by that organism. We describe a fatal case of necrotizing pneumonia in a patient co-infected with Influenza B and a community-associated, PVL-positive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA). BioMed Central 2008-02-19 /pmc/articles/PMC2276235/ /pubmed/18284686 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-0711-7-5 Text en Copyright © 2008 Roberts et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Roberts, Jill C
Gulino, Sam P
Peak, K Kealy
Luna, Vicki A
Sanderson, Roger
Fatal necrotizing pneumonia due to a Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive community-associated methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and Influenza co-infection: a case report
title Fatal necrotizing pneumonia due to a Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive community-associated methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and Influenza co-infection: a case report
title_full Fatal necrotizing pneumonia due to a Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive community-associated methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and Influenza co-infection: a case report
title_fullStr Fatal necrotizing pneumonia due to a Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive community-associated methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and Influenza co-infection: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Fatal necrotizing pneumonia due to a Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive community-associated methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and Influenza co-infection: a case report
title_short Fatal necrotizing pneumonia due to a Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive community-associated methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and Influenza co-infection: a case report
title_sort fatal necrotizing pneumonia due to a panton-valentine leukocidin positive community-associated methicillin-sensitive staphylococcus aureus and influenza co-infection: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2276235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18284686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-0711-7-5
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