[Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing pneumonia at Reunion Island]

Med Mal Infect. 2015 Jul;45(7):297-300. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2015.04.004. Epub 2015 May 27.
[Article in French]
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Keywords: A/H1N1 virus; Community acquired necrotizing pneumonia; Leucocidine de Panton-Valentine; Panton-Valentine leukocidin; Pneumopathie communautaire nécrosante; Staphylococcus aureus; Virus A/H1N1.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacterial Toxins / biosynthesis*
  • Exotoxins / biosynthesis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukocidins / biosynthesis*
  • Male
  • Methicillin / pharmacology*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Necrosis
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / microbiology*
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / pathology*
  • Reunion
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / metabolism*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Exotoxins
  • Leukocidins
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin
  • Methicillin