Intrafamilial Spread of Highly Virulent Staphylococcus aureus Strains Carrying the Gene for Panton–Valentine Leukocidin.

Autor: Österlund, Anders, Kahlmeter, Gunnar, Bieber, Lena, Runehagen, Arne, Breider, Jan-Michael
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Zdroj: Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases; Oct2002, Vol. 34 Issue 10, p763-764, 2p
Abstrakt: Necrotizing pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus carrying the gene for Panton–Valentine leukocidin is a newly described disease entity. We report 2 cases with intrafamilial spread. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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