[Necrotizing pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus].
The aim of this study was to describe a case of necrotizing pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The sample was isolated from a blood culture collected less than 48 hours after hospital admission. The patient had been healthy until the infectious process started. The isolate had the mecA gene with "staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec" (SCCmec) type IVa. The possibility that Staphylococcus aureus harboring this genetic determinant might be present in our setting should be considered in situations of severe pneumonia within the community.
Laboratório Especial de Microbiologia Clínica, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP. pedro_dazevedo@yahoo.com.br
Pedro Alves
PA
d'Azevedo
Fernanda Matsiko
FM
Inoue
Soraya Sgambatti
SS
Andrade
Regina
R
Tranchesi
Antonio Carlos Campos
AC
Pignatari
D000293:Adolescent; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009336:Necrosis; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; C487789:mecA protein, Staphylococcus aureus