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Linezolid and clindamycin improve the outcome of severe, necrotizing pneumonia due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA).

Author(s): Soavi L, Signorini L, Stellini R, Acquarolo A, Fiorese B, Magri S, Pantosti A, Suter F, Carori G

Affiliation(s): USC Malattie Infettive, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Italy.

Publication date & source: 2011-03-01, Infez Med., 19(1):42-4.

Publication type: Case Reports

The last decade has been characterized by the emergence of CA-MRSA strains associated with the production of Panton-Valentine leukocidin. We report a case of necrotizing pneumonia and septic shock caused by CA-MRSA, in which early recognition of the syndrome and appropriate treatment with two toxin-suppressing antibiotics improved the patient's outcome.

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