Community-acquired necrotizing pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus ST 30-SCCmecIVc-spat019-PVL positive in San Antoniode areco, Argentina

Abstract

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is the first causeof skin and soft tissue infections, but can also produce severe diseases such as bacteremia,osteomyelitis and necrotizing pneumonia. Some S. aureus lineages have been described in casesof necrotizing pneumonia worldwide, usually in young, previously healthy patients. In this work,we describe a fatal case of necrotizing pneumonia due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus clone ST30-SCCmecIVc-spat019-PVL positive in an immunocompetent adultpatient