Success Stories About Severe Pneumonia Caused by Panton-Valentine Leucocidin-producing Staphylococcus Aureus

Overview

Journal Braz J Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2014 Apr 3

PMID 24690428

Authors

Paramythiotou Elisabeth

Souli Maria

Galani Irene

Giamarellou Helen

Armaganidis Apostolos

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Abstract

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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