Pneumonia and new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone

Fabien Garnier (1, 2) , Anne Tristan (3) , Bruno François (2, 4) , Jerome Etienne , Manuella Delage-Corre , Christian Martin (1, 2) , Nadia Liassine , Wim Wannet , François Denis (2, 5) , Marie-Cécile Ploy (2, 5)

1 Service de Bactériologie, Virologie, Hygiène [CHU Limoges]
2 EA3175 - Biologie moléculaire et cellulaire des microorganismes
3 Pathogenie des Staphylocoques
4 CIC1435 - Centre d'Investigation Clinique de Limoges
5 UNILIM - Université de Limoges

Necrotizing pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying the Panton-Valentin leukocidin gene is a newly described disease entity. We report a new fatal case of necrotizing pneumonia. An S. aureus strain with an agr1 allele and of a new sequence type 377 was recovered, representing a new, emerging, community-acquired methicillin-resistant clone.

Domaines: Bactériologie; Virologie; Maladies infectieuses

Fabien Garnier, Anne Tristan, Bruno François, Jerome Etienne, Manuella Delage-Corre, et al.. Pneumonia and new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006, 12 (3), pp.498-500. ⟨hal-00406696⟩