Life-threatening infection due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Case report and review

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-53

  Kefala Agoropoulou, Kalomoira ^a   Protonotariou, Efthimia ^b   Vitti, Danai ^b   Sarafidou, Sofia ^a   Anastasiou, Athanasia ^b   Kollios, Konstantinos ^a   Roilides, Emmanuel ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

CA MRSA infection; Children; MecA gene; PVL gene; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; CREATININE; GENTAMICIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROCALCITONIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CHROMOSOMAL CASSETTE TYPE IV PROTEIN; TEICOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADD ON THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE REMODELING; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFILTRATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOMYOSITIS; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 71449123554     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-009-0977-1     Document Type: Article

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