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Fatal community-acquired pneumonia due to Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton–Valentine leukocidin genes after a stay in Africa

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Beilouny, B., Ciupea, A., Eloy, C. et al. Fatal community-acquired pneumonia due to Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton–Valentine leukocidin genes after a stay in Africa. Intensive Care Med 34, 388–389 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0854-1

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