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

Intensive Care Med. 2008 Feb;34(2):388-9. doi: 10.1007/s00134-007-0854-1. Epub 2007 Sep 25.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
  • Exotoxins
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • France
  • Humans
  • Leukocidins / genetics*
  • Leukocidins / metabolism
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / genetics*
  • Senegal
  • Travel

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Exotoxins
  • Leukocidins
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin