| Literature DB >> 20129956 |
Nicolas Rouzic1, Frédéric Janvier, Nicolas Libert, Etienne Javouhey, Gerard Lina, Jacques-Yves Nizou, Pierre Pasquier, Didier Stamm, Louis Brinquin, Christophe Pelletier, François Vandenesch, Daniel Floret, Jerome Etienne, Yves Gillet.
Abstract
Three patients with extensive necrotizing pneumonia due to Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus strains and with aggravating factors (leukopenia count of less than 3x10(9)/liter in all three cases and hemoptysis in two cases) were successfully treated with toxin-suppressing agents introduced rapidly after hospital admission.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20129956 PMCID: PMC2863892 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01892-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948