Pneumonia and New Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Garnier, Fabien ; Tristan, Anne ; François, Bruno ; Etienne, Jerome ; Delage-Corre, Manuella ; Martin, Christian ; Liassine, Nadia ; Wannet, Wim ; Denis, François ; Ploy, Marie-Cécile
• Description:
  Necrotizing pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying the Panton-Valentin leukocidin gene is a newly described disease entity. We report a new fatal case of necrotizing pneumonia. An S. aureus strain with an agr1 allele and of a new sequence type 377 was recovered, representing a new, emerging, community-acquired methicillin-resistant clone.
• Subjects:
  Bacterial Toxins Community-acquired Necrotizing Pneumonia Dispatch Exotoxins Fatal Outcome Female Historical Review Humans Leukocidins Methicillin-resistant Methicillin Resistance Middle Aged Panton-Valentin Leukocidin Pneumonia, Staphylococcal Staphylococcus Aureus

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(3):498-500.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fb425a6d38696c8e15062a6bd98386131aee9efa974451367f4df418502d33ea
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16062/cdc_16062_DS1.pdf
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