Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of Fournier's gangrene

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-328

  Burton, Mary Jane ^a   Shah, Pratik ^a   Swiatlo, Edwin ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired Staphylococcus aureus; Fournier's gangrene; Methicillin resistant

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 42249096791     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318142b7b9     Document Type: Article

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