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Pneumonia and New Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone
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Mar 2006
Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 12(3):498-500.
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Alternative Title:Emerg Infect Dis
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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.
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