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Disseminated community-acquired USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pyomyositis and septic pulmonary emboli in an immunocompetent adult.
Surgical infections - 1 Feb 2010
Woodward Joseph F, Sengupta Dhruba J, Cookson Brad T, Park James O, Dellinger E Patchen
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BACKGROUND: Recent reports have increasingly recognized methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as an important etiology of pyomyositis, an uncommon disease entity. Specific virulence factors such as the Panton-Valentine leukocidin protein have been identified that may play a role in the pathophysiology of pyomyositis, especially when community-acquired MRSA is implicated. METHODS: We review a case of...
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