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

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Paramythiotou Elisabeth¹  Souli Maria¹  Galani Irene¹  Giamarellou Helen¹  Armaganidis Apostolos¹ 

关键词: Community-acquired pneumonia;    Clindamycin;    Staphylococcus aureus;    Panton-Valentine leukocidin;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.bjid.2013.11.011

来源: SciELO

【 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 key to the successful outcome of the patients.

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