Fatal Staphylococcus aureus haemorrhagic pneumonia producing Panton-Valentine leucocidin

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-185

  Hyvernat, Herve ^a   Pulcini, Celine ^a   Carles, Danielle ^a   Roques, Adrien ^a   Lucas, Philippe ^a   Hofman, Veronique ^a   Hofman, Paul ^a   Bernardin, Gilles ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CEFTRIAXONE; ENTEROTOXIN; OFLOXACIN; OXYGEN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; SUPERANTIGEN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLEEDING; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; EXOTOXINS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33847115344     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600818003     Document Type: Article

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