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Case Reports
. 2011 Oct;22(10):610-2.
doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009372.

Community-acquired pneumonia due to Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus in an HIV-2-infected patient

C Daneshvar  1 , N C Smith, D J Waghorn, G A Luzzi, C G Wathen
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Community-acquired pneumonia due to Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus in an HIV-2-infected patient

C Daneshvar et al. Int J STD AIDS. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

Pneumonia caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus is associated with a high fatality rate. There have been few reported cases in HIV-1-co-infected patients. Here we report a fatal case of severe community-acquired pneumonia caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing S. aureus in a 45-year-old woman with HIV-2 infection.

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