Rapidly Progressive Multiple Cavity Formation in Necrotizing Pneumonia Caused by Community-acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Positive for the Panton-Valentine Leucocidin Gene

A 66-year-old man was transferred to our hospital for pneumonia that was resistant to sulbactam/ampicillin and levofloxacin therapy. Chest computed tomography showed the rapidly progressive formation of multiple cavities. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was isolated, and the patie...

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Autores principales: Takigawa, Yuki, Fujiwara, Keiichi, Saito, Takashi, Nakasuka, Takamasa, Ozeki, Taichi, Okawa, Sachi, Takada, Kenji, Iwamoto, Yoshitaka, Kayatani, Hiroe, Minami, Daisuke, Sato, Ken, Nagao, Miki, Shibayama, Takuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6443543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30333405
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.1454-18

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6443543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30333405
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.1454-18

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