Death of woman with peripartum influenza B virus infection and necrotizing pneumonia

Joshua L Rein; Aaron M Etra; Jatinbhai J Patel; Janet L Stein; Aimee L Rivers; Hayley B Gershengorn; Elizabeth Awerbuch; Barry N Kreiswirth; Sanjana C Koshy

doi:10.3201/eid2007.140230

Death of woman with peripartum influenza B virus infection and necrotizing pneumonia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jul;20(7):1258-60. doi: 10.3201/eid2007.140230.

Authors

Joshua L Rein, Aaron M Etra, Jatinbhai J Patel, Janet L Stein, Aimee L Rivers, Hayley B Gershengorn, Elizabeth Awerbuch, Barry N Kreiswirth, Sanjana C Koshy

No abstract available

Keywords: Influenza; MRSA; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Panton-Valentine leukocidin; Respiratory Distress Syndrome; antibiotic; antimicrobial drug; peripartum; pneumonia; pregnancy.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Bacterial Toxins / metabolism
Coinfection / diagnosis
Coinfection / microbiology
Coinfection / virology
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Exotoxins / metabolism
Female
Humans
Influenza B virus / isolation & purification
Influenza, Human / diagnosis
Influenza, Human / microbiology*
Influenza, Human / virology*
Leukocidins / metabolism
Peripartum Period
Pneumonia / diagnosis
Pneumonia / metabolism
Pneumonia / microbiology*
Pneumonia / virology*
Pregnancy
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections / virology
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Staphylococcus aureus / metabolism

Substances

Bacterial Toxins
Exotoxins
Leukocidins
Panton-Valentine leukocidin