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Rapidly Fatal Necrotizing Pneumonia in a 12-Year-Old Boy Caused by Co-Infection with Parainfluenza Virus Type 1 and Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL)-Positive Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

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  1. Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany

    J. J. Wenzel

  2. Children’s Hospital St. Marien, Landshut, Germany

    J. Hentschel

  3. Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    W. Silvis

  4. Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Landshut, Landshut, Germany

    W. Permanetter

  5. Microbiology Laboratory Dr. Mattes Dr. Kochanowski, Neuötting, Germany

    J. Mattes & B. Kochanowski

  6. Children’s Hospital St. Marien, Landshut, Germany

    R. Herterich

  7. Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    W. Jilg & H. J. Linde

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Wenzel, J.J., Hentschel, J., Silvis, W. et al. Rapidly Fatal Necrotizing Pneumonia in a 12-Year-Old Boy Caused by Co-Infection with Parainfluenza Virus Type 1 and Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL)-Positive Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus . Infection 37, 75–77 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-008-8214-9

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