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Facial necrotizing fasciitis in an infant caused by a five toxin-secreting methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

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Acknowledgments

We thank Prof. Jerôme Etienne, CNR Staphylocoque, Faculté de médecine Laennec, INSERM 0230, Lyon, France, who screened the Staphylococcus aureus strain for toxins.

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  1. Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Pôle de Pédiatrie Aiguë et Médecine Interne, Hôpital Robert-Debré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 48, boulevard Sérurier, 75019, Paris, France

    Delphine Gerard, Philippe Sachs & Stéphane Dauger

  2. Université Paris Diderot, Paris 7, Site Xavier-Bichat, 16, rue Huchard, 75018, Paris, France

    Delphine Gerard, Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian, Philippe Sachs, Dominique Berrebi, Thierry Van-Den-Abbeele & Stéphane Dauger

  3. Department of Microbiology, Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital Robert-Debré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris , Paris, France

    Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian

  4. Department of Pathology, Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital Robert-Debré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

    Dominique Berrebi

  5. Department of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Pôle de Chirugie, Hôpital Robert-Debré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

    Thierry Van-Den-Abbeele

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Gerard, D., Mariani-Kurkdjian, P., Sachs, P. et al. Facial necrotizing fasciitis in an infant caused by a five toxin-secreting methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus . Intensive Care Med 35, 1145–1146 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-009-1401-z

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