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Case Reports
. 2013;104(2):156-60.
doi: 10.1159/000351019. Epub 2013 Jul 24.

Atypical pneumonia linked to community-acquired staphylococcus aureus cross-transmission in the nursery

Anne Filleron  1 , Anne Lotthé, Emilie Jourdes, Eric Jeziorski, Olivier Prodhomme, Marie-Noëlle Didelot, Sylvie Parer, Hélène Marchandin, Gilles Cambonie
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Atypical pneumonia linked to community-acquired staphylococcus aureus cross-transmission in the nursery

Anne Filleron et al. Neonatology. 2013.

Abstract

We report the observation of a necrotizing pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harboring the Panton-Valentine leukocidin-encoding gene in a previously healthy neonate, with favorable clinical outcome in spite of extensive radiologic lesions. The case was linked to a cluster of 3 neonates colonized by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing, methicillin-resistant S. aureus through cross-transmission in the nursery, underlining the need to comply with standard infection control precautions in the maternity ward.

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