Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes: A lethal cause of pneumonia in an adult immunocompetent patient

Necrotizing pneumonia and fatal septic shock were caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive, community-acquired, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in a previously healthy, 61-y-old female. This patient did not belong to any high-risk group (e.g. homosexuals, military recruit...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 2007, Vol.39 (5), p.466-469
Main Authors: Magira, Eleni E., Zervakis, Dimitrios, Routsi, Christina, Kontogiorgi, Marina, Roussos, Charis, Nanas, Serafim, Mentzelopoulos, Spyros
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibacterial agents
Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial Toxins - genetics
Biological and medical sciences
Community-Acquired Infections - microbiology
Exotoxins - genetics
Fatal Outcome
Female
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Immunocompetence
Infectious diseases
Leukocidins - genetics
Medical sciences
Methicillin Resistance - drug effects
Middle Aged
Necrosis
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Pneumonia, Bacterial - microbiology
Shock, Septic - microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections - complications
Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy
Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus - genetics
Staphylococcus aureus - pathogenicity
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Summary:Necrotizing pneumonia and fatal septic shock were caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive, community-acquired, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in a previously healthy, 61-y-old female. This patient did not belong to any high-risk group (e.g. homosexuals, military recruits, sports team members, etc.). CA-MRSA infection should be suspected in any adult with severe pneumonia/sepsis.
ISSN:0036-5548
1651-1980
DOI:10.1080/00365540601034790