Pneumonia and new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone.
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.
Garnier
Fabien
F
Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, Limoges, France. fabien.garnier@unilim.fr
Tristan
Anne
A
François
Bruno
B
Etienne
Jerome
J
Delage-Corre
Manuella
M
Martin
Christian
C
Liassine
Nadia
N
Wannet
Wim
W
Denis
François
F
Ploy
Marie-Cécile
MC
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*
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin