Prompt and successful toxin-targeting treatment of three patients with necrotizing pneumonia due to Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes.
J Clin Microbiol
; 48(5): 1952-5, 2010 May.
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| ID: mdl-20129956
ABSTRACT
Three patients with extensive necrotizing pneumonia due to Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus strains and with aggravating factors (leukopenia count of less than 3x10(9)/liter in all three cases and hemoptysis in two cases) were successfully treated with toxin-suppressing agents introduced rapidly after hospital admission.
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Asunto principal:
Neumonía Estafilocócica
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Toxinas Bacterianas
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Antitoxinas
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Inmunoglobulinas Intravenosas
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Factores de Virulencia
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Exotoxinas
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Leucocidinas
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Necrosis
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Adult
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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2010
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Article