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Abstract

Pantonâ[euro]"Valentine leukocidin-producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus can cause severe skin and soft tissue infections and necrotizing pneumonia with a high mortality rate. This is a report on the first case of fatal pneumonia with mediastinitis in an infant in the Czech Republic. The causative agent was a methicillin-susceptible S. aureus strain with pronounced production of the PVL toxin and hyperproduction of enterotoxin A.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

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Title
The first case of fatal pneumonia caused by Pantonâ[euro]"Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus in an infant in the Czech Republic
Author
Ambrozova, Helena; Maresova, Vilma; Fajt, Martin; Pavlicek, Petr; Rohacova, Hana; Machova, Ivana; Petras, Petr
Pages
225-8
Publication year
2013
Publication date
May 2013
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
00155632
e-ISSN
18749356
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-012-0200-z
ProQuest document ID
1328393675
Copyright
Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i. 2013