Fatal cases of Staphylococcus aureus pleural empyema in infants

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 390-393

  Rougemont, Anne Laure ^a   Buteau, Chantal ^a   Ovetchkine, Philippe ^a   Bergeron, Cybèle ^a   Fournet, Jean Christophe ^a   Soglio, Dorothée Bouron Dal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empyema; Panton valentine leukocidin (PVL); Staphyloccocus aureus

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN DEATH; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70350705961     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/08-09-0531.1     Document Type: Article

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