Cellulitis caused by a methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus isolate harboring Panton-Valentine toxin in an American soldier returning from Iraq

Int J Dermatol. 2011 Feb;50(2):206-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04456.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnosis
  • Abscess / microbiology
  • Abscess / therapy
  • Acetamides / therapeutic use
  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics
  • Bacterial Toxins / metabolism*
  • Cellulitis / diagnosis*
  • Cellulitis / microbiology*
  • Cellulitis / therapy
  • Drainage
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Exotoxins / genetics
  • Exotoxins / metabolism*
  • Fever / diagnosis
  • Fever / drug therapy
  • Fever / surgery
  • Humans
  • Iraq
  • Leg / microbiology
  • Leg / surgery
  • Leukocidins / genetics
  • Leukocidins / metabolism*
  • Linezolid
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Meropenem
  • Military Personnel*
  • Oxazolidinones / therapeutic use
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / therapy
  • Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Staphylococcus aureus / metabolism*
  • Thienamycins / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Acetamides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Exotoxins
  • Leukocidins
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin
  • Thienamycins
  • Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
  • Meropenem
  • Linezolid