Near-fatal Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia, shock and complicated extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation: A case report

BACKGROUND: Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is an exotoxin secreted by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), responsible for skin and soft tissue infections. As a cause of severe necrotising pneumonia, it is associated with a high mortality rate. A rare entity, the epidemiology of PVL S. aureus (PVL-...

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Autores principales: Cuddihy, Joshua, Patel, Shreena, Mughal, Nabeela, Lockie, Christopher, Trimlett, Richard, Ledot, Stephane, Cheshire, Nicholas, Desai, Ajay, Singh, Suveer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8462017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34616664
http://dx.doi.org/10.5492/wjccm.v10.i5.301

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8462017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34616664
http://dx.doi.org/10.5492/wjccm.v10.i5.301

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