[First case of community-acquired Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive (ST88) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteriemia in Spain in a patient with meningitis]

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2010 Jan;28(1):70-1. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2009.01.016. Epub 2009 May 1.
[Article in Spanish]
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Analgesics / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Back Pain / drug therapy
  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Bacterial Toxins / analysis*
  • Ceftriaxone / administration & dosage
  • Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
  • Dominican Republic / ethnology
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Emergencies
  • Exotoxins / analysis*
  • Headache / drug therapy
  • Headache / etiology
  • Humans
  • Leukocidins / analysis*
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / chemistry
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Spain / epidemiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Vancomycin / administration & dosage
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Analgesics
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Exotoxins
  • Leukocidins
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin
  • Vancomycin
  • Ceftriaxone