Fatal pneumonia in an adolescent girl due to infection with community-acquired methicillin-resistant, Panton-Valentine-leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus;Fatale pneumonie bij een adolescent door thuis opgelopen meticillineresistente Staphylococcus aureus positief voor Panton-Valentine-leukocidine

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 147, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 1076-1079

  Van Der Flier, M ^a   Van Dijk, N B ^a   Fluit, A C ^a   Fleer, A ^a   Wolfs, T F W ^a   Van Gestel, J P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEUKOCIDIN; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTENSIVE CARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NETHERLANDS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PVL GENE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SUPERINFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EXOTOXINS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0038482200     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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