Staphylococcus aureus illness from

Fig. 27.9. The bilateral ill-defined nodules with cavitation appeared like fungal pneiunonia. After taking the patients actual complaint into consideration, the patients suffered from port related infection with Staphylococcus aureus. The true disease septic emboli then became obvious...

Pathogens from the Staphylococcus genus are found in both the hospital and the community, and the most prevalent species, aureus,. causes illnesses that range from minor skin abscesses to severe pneumonia, meningitis, and infections of the heart, bloodstream, bone, and joint. Multiple strains of S. aureus are now antibiotic resistant, including a few strains that are partially resistant to vancomycin (18), the last effective antibiotic against... 

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