Panton-Valentine leucocidin Staphylococcus aureus necrotising pneumonia in a clinically well patient

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2023 Mar 2;29(3):1-4. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2022.0396. Epub 2023 Mar 8.

Authors

Rebecca Newell^{1

2}, Karim El-Shakankery^{1

2}, Angshu Bhowmik^{1

2}, Raj K Rajakulasingam^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine/Allergy, Homerton University Hospital, London, UK.
² Department of Acute Medicine, Barts Health NHS Trust, Royal London Hospital, London, UK.

PMID: 36989153
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2022.0396

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Exotoxins
Humans
Leukocidins
Pneumonia, Necrotizing* / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Necrotizing* / drug therapy
Pneumonia, Staphylococcal* / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Staphylococcal* / drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections* / diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections* / drug therapy
Staphylococcus aureus

Substances

Leukocidins
Exotoxins