Severe community-onset pneumonia in healthy adults caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes

Recent worldwide reports of community-onset skin abscesses, outbreaks of furunculosis, and severe pneumonia associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) genes and the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type IV indicate tha...

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Published in:	Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 40; no. 1; p. 100
Main Authors:	Francis, John S, Doherty, Meg C, Lopatin, Uri, Johnston, Cecilia P, Sinha, Gita, Ross, Tracy, Cai, Mian, Hansel, Nadia N, Perl, Trish, Ticehurst, John R, Carroll, Karen, Thomas, David L, Nuermberger, Eric, Bartlett, John G
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.01.2005
Subjects:	Adult Bacterial Toxins Bacterial Typing Techniques Community-Acquired Infections - microbiology Exotoxins Female Humans Leukocidins - genetics Male Methicillin - pharmacology Methicillin Resistance Middle Aged Patient Selection Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology Staphylococcus aureus - classification Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects Staphylococcus aureus - genetics Staphylococcus aureus - pathogenicity Virulence Factors - analysis
ISSN:	1537-6591, 1537-6591
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