PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - E Sato
AU  - H Yamamoto
AU  - T Honda
AU  - S Koyama
AU  - K Kubo
AU  - M Sediguchi
TI  - Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sepsis in hyper-IgE syndrome
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.96.09020386
DP  - 1996 Feb 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 386--388
VI  - 9
IP  - 2
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/9/2/386.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/9/2/386.full
SO  - Eur Respir J1996 Feb 01; 9
AB  - We report the case of a 34 year old woman with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sepsis with hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome (HIES). Although chemotactic activity of neutrophils was impaired in this patient, neutrophils accumulated in the lungs as assessed by bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) counts. In addition to antibiotics and oxygen therapy, the administration of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) resulted in a remarkable recovery.