A fatal infection caused by sequence type 398 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene: A case report in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 541-543

  Koyama, Hiroshi ^a   Sanui, Masamitsu ^a   Saga, Tomoo ^b   Harada, Sohei ^c   Ishii, Yoshikazu ^b   Tateda, Kazuhiro ^b   Lefor, Alan Kawarai ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Livestock; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Panton Valentine leukocidin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CATECHOLAMINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BROTH DILUTION; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; DAY HOSPITAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FURUNCULOSIS; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEMODIAFILTRATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYALGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RESUSCITATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; CHINA; GENETICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84952631050     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2015.03.013     Document Type: Article

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