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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 8/2003

01-08-2003 | Correspondence

Severe community-acquired pneumonia caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus: first reported case in the United Kingdom

Authors: J. L. Klein, Z. Petrovic, D. Treacher, J. Edgeworth

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 8/2003

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Sir: Recent reports from French researchers suggest that the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) of Staphylococcus aureus is a major virulence factor contributing to severe community-acquired pneumonia in children and young adults [1]. We describe the first confirmed case of community-acquired pneumonia caused by a PVL-positive strain of S. aureus seen in the United Kingdom. …
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Gillet Y, Issartel B, Vanhems P, Fournet JC, Lina G, Bes M, Vandenesch F, Piemont Y, Brousse N, Floret D, Etienne J (2002) Association between Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying gene for Panton-Valentine leukocidin and highly lethal necrotising pneumonia in young immunocompetent patients. Lancet 359:753–759CrossRefPubMed
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Lina G, Piémont Y, Godail-Gamot F, Bes M, Peter MO, Gauduchon V, Vandenesch F, Etienne J (1999) Involvement of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus in primary skin infections and pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis 29:1128–1132CrossRefPubMed
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Title
Severe community-acquired pneumonia caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus: first reported case in the United Kingdom
Authors
J. L. Klein
Z. Petrovic
D. Treacher
J. Edgeworth
Publication date
01-08-2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 8/2003
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-1844-6

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