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JOURNAL OF INFECTION
Volume 59, Issue 5, Pages 366-370Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.08.021
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Swine origin influenza virus A/H1N1; CA-MRSA; Pneumonia; Multiplex PCR
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- Providence Foundation Limited
- Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government
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Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) co-infection has been described previously in association with respiratory tract infection caused by seasonal influenza A viruses, but not with swine origin influenza A (H1N1) virus (S-OIV). We report the clinical and pathological findings of the first death with fulminant co-infection by CA-MRSA. Since early empirical treatment with beta-lactam plus fluoroquinolone or macrolides is often initiated before specimen collections, bacterial co-infection in S-OIV may have been under-reported. (c) 2009 The British Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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