Community-acquired necrotizing pneumonia due to methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus secreting Panton-Valentine leukocidin: a review of case reports

BACKGROUND: Community-acquired necrotizing pneumonia caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-secreting Staphylococcus aureus is a highly lethal infection that mainly affects healthy children and young adults. Both methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA)...

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Autores principales: Kreienbuehl, Lukas, Charbonney, Emmanuel, Eggimann, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3259061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22192614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2110-5820-1-52

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