An uncommon presentation for a severe invasive infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone USA300 in Italy: A case report

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Valentini, Piero ^a   Parisi, Gabriella ^b   Monaco, Monica ^c   Crea, Francesca ^a   Spanu, Teresa ^a   Ranno, Orazio ^a   Tronci, Mirella ^b   Pantosti, Annalisa ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AGR TYPE 1; AMPICILLIN; ANTITHROMBIN III; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; D DIMER; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FIBRINOGEN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PROTHROMBIN; RIFAMPICIN; SPA TYPE T008; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CHROMOSOMAL CASSETTE MEC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; GENE MUTATION; HEADACHE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FACTOR V; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 44249096340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-7-11     Document Type: Article

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