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Community‐Acquired Methicillin‐Resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Infections in France: Emergence of a Single Clone That Produces Panton‐Valentine Leukocidin
25 Sept 2002
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To characterize the clinical and bacteriologic characteristics of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections, we reviewed 14 cases that were diagnosed in previously healthy patients during an 18-month period in France. Eleven patients had skin or soft-tissue infections. Two patients died of CA-MRSA necrotizing pneumonia. A case of pleurisy occurred in a child who acquired...
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