Favorable outcome of pneumonia due to Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus associated with hematogenous origin and absence of flu-like illness

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 756-759

  Alonso Tarres C ^a   Villegas, M L ^a   De Gispert, F J ^a   Cortes Lletget M C ^a   Rovira Plarromani A ^a   Etienne, J ^b  

^a Hospital General de l'Hospitalet   (Spain)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; LEUKOCIDIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28644452318     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-0029-3     Document Type: Article

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