Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome complicated by severe community-acquired pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus positive for Panton-Valentine leukocidin

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 476-478

  Tsangaris, Iraklis ^a   Paramythiotou, Elissavet ^a   Tsaknis, Georgios ^a   Argentos, Stylianos ^a   Antoniadou, Anastasia ^b   Kopterides, Petros ^a   Armaganidis, Apostolos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b 4th Department of Internal Medicine   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activated protein C; Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome; Panton valentine leukocidin; Pneumonia; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FIBRINOGEN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LINEZOLID; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCITES; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FACE MASK; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FEVER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GAS EXCHANGE; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LESION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SEPSIS; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; VENTILATOR; VOMITING;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL;

EID: 84860860598     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01712.x     Document Type: Article

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