Disseminated cutaneous and pulmonary abscesses in an injecting drug user caused by a Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strain

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1013-1015

  Ditzen, A ^a   Ehricht, R ^b   Monecke, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b CLONDIAG GmbH   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG AUSCULTATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; SURGICAL WOUND; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WOUND CARE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DRUG USERS; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; LUNG ABSCESS; METHICILLIN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 53549084843     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0533-3     Document Type: Article

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