Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2014)

Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Necrotizing Pneumonia without Evidence of Antecedent Viral Upper Respiratory Infection

  • Cristina Moran Toro,
  • Jack Janvier,
  • Kunyan Zhang,
  • Kevin Fonseca,
  • Dan Gregson,
  • Deirdre Church,
  • Kevin Laupland,
  • Harvey Rabin,
  • Sameer Elsayed,
  • John Conly

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/952603
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 3
pp. e76 – e82

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: USA300 community-associated (CA) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains causing necrotizing pneumonia have been reported in association with antecedent viral upper respiratory tract infections (URI).