A fatal case of necrotizing pneumonia caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 132-138

  Banthia, Smriti ^a   Meka, Venkata G ^a,b   Pillai, Satish K ^a   Wener, Kenneth ^a   Freedman, Rachel ^a   Pandya, Shuchi S ^a   Martyniak, Anthony ^a   Venkataraman, Lata ^a   Gold, Howard S ^a   Moellering Jr , Robert C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IBUPROFEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PNEUMONIA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 20844434791     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.idc.0000161523.66158.25     Document Type: Article

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