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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-...
Autores principales: | Cuddihy, Joshua, Patel, Shreena, Mughal, Nabeela, Lockie, Christopher, Trimlett, Richard, Ledot, Stephane, Cheshire, Nicholas, Desai, Ajay, Singh, Suveer |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc
2021
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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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