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Elderly infection in the community due to ST5/SCCmecII methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (the New York/Japan clone) in Japan: Panton-Valentine leukocidin-negative necrotizing pneumonia.
Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi - 1 Jun 2015
Khokhlova Olga, Tomita Yusuke, Hung Wei-Chun, Takano Tomomi, Iwao Yasuhisa, Higuchi Wataru, Nishiyama Akihito, Reva Ivan, Yamamoto Tatsuo
Abstract excerpt
An 89-year-old man suffered from and died of necrotizing pneumonia with rapid progression and cavity formation due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). He was at no risk for hospital-acquired MRSA infection. His MRSA exhibited genotype ST5/spa2(t002)/agr2/SCCmecII/coagulaseII and was negative for Panton-Valentine leukocidin, indicating the New York/Japan clone (the predominant epidemic...
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