Spontaneous community-acquired PVL-producing Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis in an immunocompetent adult – a case report

BACKGROUND: Mediastinitis caused by hematogenous spread of an infection is rare. We report the first known case of community-acquired mediastinitis from hematogenous origin in an immunocompetent adult. This rare invasive infection was due to Panton-Valentine Leucocidin-producing (PVL+) methicillin-s...

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Autores principales: Brisset, Josselin, Daix, Thomas, Tricard, Jérémy, Evrard, Bruno, Vignon, Philippe, Barraud, Olivier, François, Bruno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7236110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32429852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05076-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7236110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32429852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05076-6

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