Methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus</i> <i>pneumonia </i>and underlying asymptomatic sarcoidosis: Are they related? A post-mortem case report
<i>Staphylococcus</i> <i>aureus</i> is a rare cause of pneumonia, though in recent times methicillin-resistant strains are emerging increasingly as causative pathogens. Methicillin resistant <i>Staphylococcus</i> <i>aureus</i> (MRSA) has been reported...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2010-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | <i>Staphylococcus</i> <i>aureus</i> is a rare cause of pneumonia, though in recent times methicillin-resistant strains are emerging increasingly as causative pathogens. Methicillin resistant <i>Staphylococcus</i> <i>aureus</i> (MRSA) has been reported to cause rapidly fatal hemorrhagic pneumonia. Most of these strains have been found to produce a lethal exotoxin called Panton-Valentine leukocidin. The finding of an underlying asymptomatic multisystem sarcoidosis was unusual in the case being reported here. |
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