Community-acquired necrotizing pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton–Valentine leukocidin in a Chinese teenager: case report and literature review | Zendy

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Community-acquired necrotizing pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton–Valentine leukocidin in a Chinese teenager: case report and literature review

Author(s) -

Jie Chen,

Yanping Luo,

Shu Zhang,

Zhixin Liang,

Ying Wang,

Ying Zhang,

Guang Zhou,

Yanhong Jia,

Liangan Chen,

Danyang She

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.02.025

Subject(s) - medicine , panton–valentine leukocidin , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , linezolid , pneumonia , staphylococcus aureus , clindamycin , sccmec , pleural effusion , teicoplanin , sputum , community acquired pneumonia , microbiology and biotechnology , vancomycin , antibiotics , pathology , tuberculosis , biology , bacteria , genetics

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has now been established as an important community-acquired pathogen. Although necrotizing pneumonia caused by community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) strains producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) has been reported with increasing frequency in many countries, it has been reported in only a few children younger than 1 year of age in Mainland China.

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