Staphylococcus aureus

Record number: 
23
Adverse Occurrence type: 
MPHO Type: 
Time to detection: 
9 days
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence: 
Fatal necrotizing pneumonia
Demonstration of imputability or root cause: 
Donor: lung colonization by MRSA. Recipient: pneumonia with MRSA resulting in death. MRSA-Panton Valentine positive. The same strain of PV-MRSA was detected in the nares of the healthy living-donor (her daughter).
Imputability grade: 
3 Definite/Certain/Proven
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