1. Death of Woman with Peripartum Influenza B Virus Infection and Necrotizing Pneumonia.
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Rein, Joshua L., Etra, Aaron M., Patel, Jatinbhai J., Stein, Janet L., Rivers, Aimee L., Gershengorn, Hayley B., Awerbuch, Elizabeth, Kreiswirth, Barry N., and Koshy, Sanjana C.
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INFLUENZA B virus , *STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus infections , *METHICILLIN resistance , *DRUG resistance in microorganisms , *PREGNANCY complications , *SYMPTOMS , *MATERNAL mortality - Abstract
The article discusses a case of influenza B virus and Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) co-infection during pregnancy in a 38-year-old pregnant woman who sought treatment in a New York hospital in December 2012. The woman reported 2 days of fever, productive cough, shortness of breath, and pleuritic chest pain. The diagnosis for the patient, her treatment, the deterioration of her condition, and her death from overwhelming sepsis are cited.
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- 2014
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