A Case of fatal community-acquired necrotizing pneumonia caused by panton-valentine leukocidin positive methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-51

  Honarpour, Narimon ^a   Mao, Jenny T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired necrotizing pneumonia and massive hemoptysis; MSSA; PVL

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DEATH; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847638521     PISSN: 1573398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339807779941776     Document Type: Review

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