Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin toxin in Trinidad & Tobago: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Akpaka, Patrick E ^a   Monecke, Stefan ^b   Swanston, William H ^a   Rao, A V Chalapathi ^a   Schulz, Renee ^c   Levett, Paul N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CATALASE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COAGULASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; INOTROPIC AGENT; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROTEIN A; RIBOSOME RNA; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AFRICA; ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DNA MICROARRAY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY NECROSIS; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MALE; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PAIN; PELVIS ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SEPTICEMIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS DISEASE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

EID: 79954615840     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-157     Document Type: Article

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