Pneumonia and New Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone

Pneumonia and New Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone

Necrotizing pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying the Panton-Valentin leukocidin gene is a newly described disease entity. We report a new fatal case of necrotizing pneumonia. An S. aureus strain with an agr1 allele and of a new sequence type 377 was recovered, representing a ne...

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Main Authors: Fabien Garnier, Anne Tristan, Bruno François, Jerome Etienne, Manuella Delage-Corre, Christian Martin, Nadia Liassine, Wim Wannet, François Denis, Marie-Cécile Ploy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus
methicillin-resistant
community-acquired necrotizing pneumonia
Panton-Valentin leukocidin
dispatch
France
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/3/05-1040_article

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