Lethal necrotizing pneumonia caused by an ST398 Staphylococcus aureus strain

Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Aug;16(8):1330. doi: 10.3201/eid1608.100317.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bacterial Toxins / metabolism
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Exotoxins / metabolism
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukocidins / metabolism
  • Pneumonia / microbiology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / metabolism

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Exotoxins
  • Leukocidins
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin