[Community-acquired pneumonia due to panton-valentine producing staphylococcus aureus: first description in Tunisia]
Tunisie Medicale [La]. 2008; 86 (10): 924-927
en Francés
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ABSTRACT
Community-acquired pneumonia clue to Panton-Valentine producing S. aureus is a serious infection recently described. Many cases have been reported worldwide. We report here the first case in Tunisia. Our patient is a previously healthy fourteen-year-old girl hospitalized for bilateral hypoxemic pneumonia. The clinical course had violently deteriorated two hours later, marked by massive hemoptysis that lead to rapid degradation of her hemodynamic state and death. Toxicologic research and blood cultures were negatives. A post- mortem pleural specimen culture yielded a meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain that carried the Panton-Valentine leucocidin genes. Community-acquired pneumonia due to Panton-Valentine producing Staphylococcus aureus is a serious affection unrecognized in our country. Thus, this pathogen must imperatively be included in the spectrum of those responsibles for pulmonary infections in children and young adults
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IMEMR (Mediterraneo Oriental)
Asunto principal:
Infecciones Estafilocócicas
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Toxinas Bacterianas
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Infecciones Comunitarias Adquiridas
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Exotoxinas
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Leucocidinas
Tipo de estudio:
Informe de Casos
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Francés
Revista:
Tunisie Med.
Año:
2008
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