Pneumonia and new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Mar;12(3):498-500. doi: 10.3201/eid1203.051040.

Abstract

Necrotizing pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying the Panton-Valentin leukocidin gene is a newly described disease entity. We report a new fatal case of necrotizing pneumonia. An S. aureus strain with an agr1 allele and of a new sequence type 377 was recovered, representing a new, emerging, community-acquired methicillin-resistant clone.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics
  • Exotoxins / genetics
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukocidins
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / microbiology*
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / pathology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Exotoxins
  • Leukocidins
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin