title: Pneumonia and new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone.
abstract: Necrotizing pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying the Panton-Valentin leukocidin gene is a newly described disease entity. We report a new fatal case of necrotizing pneumonia. An S. aureus strain with an agr1 allele and of a new sequence type 377 was recovered, representing a new, emerging, community-acquired methicillin-resistant clone.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, Limoges, France. fabien.garnier@unilim.fr
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Garnier
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tristan
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: François
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Etienne
authors.forename: Manuella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delage-Corre
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liassine
authors.forename: Wim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wannet
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Denis
authors.forename: Marie-Cécile
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ploy
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin