Severe Community-Onset Pneumonia in Healthy Adults Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carrying the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes
Clinical Infectious Diseases2004Vol. 40(1), pp. 100–107
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John S. Francis, Meg Doherty, Uri Lopatin, Cecilia P. Johnston, Gita Sinha, Tracy Ross, Mian Cai, Nadia N. Hansel, Trish M. Perl, John R. Ticehurst, Karen C. Carroll, David L. Thomas, Eric L. Nuermberger, John G. Bartlett
Abstract
To our knowledge, these patients represent the first reported North American adults with severe community-onset MRSA pneumonia caused by strains carrying the PVL genes.
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