Community-acquired necrotizing pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST30-SCCmecIVc-spat019-PVL positive in San Antonio de Areco, Argentina.
Rev Argent Microbiol
; 47(1): 50-3, 2015.
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| ID: mdl-25681265
ABSTRACT
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is the first cause of skin and soft tissue infections, but can also produce severe diseases such as bacteremia, osteomyelitis and necrotizing pneumonia. Some S. aureus lineages have been described in cases of necrotizing pneumonia worldwide, usually in young, previously healthy patients. In this work, we describe a fatal case of necrotizing pneumonia due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus clone ST30-SCCmecIVc-spat019-PVL positive in an immunocompetent adult patient.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infecciones Estafilocócicas
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Neumonía Bacteriana
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Staphylococcus aureus Resistente a Meticilina
Límite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Argentina
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev Argent Microbiol
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Argentina