Community-acquired pneumonia and bacteraemia in a healthy young woman caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carrying the genes encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL).
Torell
Erik
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Department of Clinical Microbiology, Section for Infection Control, Sweden. erik.torell@akademiska.se
Molin
Daniel
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Tano
Eva
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Ehrenborg
Christian
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Ryden
Cecilia
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D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005098:Exotoxins; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D013548:Sweden
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin