Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection with fatal necrotizing pneumonia from lip abscess: a case report

J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2007 Nov;65(11):2350-3. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.09.020.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnosis*
  • Adult
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Lip Diseases / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Necrosis
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / diagnosis*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / microbiology
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / microbiology
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / physiology*