Therapy-refractory Panton Valentine Leukocidin-positive community-acquired methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus sepsis with progressive metastatic soft tissue infection: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Schefold, Joerg C ^a   Esposito, Fabrizio ^a   Storm, Christian ^a   Heuck, Dagmar ^b   Krüger, Anne ^a   Jörres, Achim ^a   Witte, Wolfgang ^b   Hasper, Dietrich ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; DAPTOMYCIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPUTUM DISCOLORATION;

EID: 45349104824     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-1-165     Document Type: Article

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