Success stories about severe pneumonia caused by Panton–Valentine leucocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus
We describe three cases of community-acquired necrotizing pneumonia which were caused by Panton–Valentine leucocidin-producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus (one of them methicillin sensitive). All cases were successfully treated without any sequelae for the patients due to the prompt initiation...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-05-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S141386701400052X |