Severe community-acquired pneumonia caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus: first reported case in the United Kingdom

Intensive Care Med. 2003 Aug;29(8):1399. doi: 10.1007/s00134-003-1844-6. Epub 2003 May 29.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology
  • Exotoxins
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukocidins*
  • Pneumonia / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Staphylococcus aureus / metabolism

Substances

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