Success stories about severe pneumonia caused by Panton-Valentine leucocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Elisabeth, Paramythiotou¹  Maria, Souli¹  Apostolos, Armaganidis¹  Helen, Giamarellou¹  Irene, Galani¹ 

[1] Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece

关键词: Community-acquired pneumonia;    Clindamycin;    Staphylococcus aureus;    Panton-Valentine leukocidinIntroductionCommunity-acquired pneumonia due to Staphylococcus aureus is an infrequent but potentially lethal infection;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.bjid.2013.11.011

来源: Contexto

【 摘 要 】

We describe three cases of community-acquired necrotizing pneumonia which were caused by Panton-Valentine leucocidin-producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus (one of them methicillin sensitive). All cases were successfully treated without any sequelae for the patients due to the prompt initiation of adequate antimicrobial therapy. High suspicion toward this fatal pathogen was the

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