To the Editor: The report by Risson and colleagues of a fatal case of necrotising pneumonia caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)1 appropriately highlights the emerging issue of CA-MRSA infections in Australia,2 and the possibility that severe S. aureus sepsis may follow recurrent furunculosis. We wish to draw attention to the association between severe staphylococcal pneumonia and a preceding influenza-like illness.
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Steven Tong is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Training Scholarship (No. 436033).