obsolete staphylococcal pneumonia

A staphylococcal infectious disease that is caused due to the infection by Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, which is an important cause of hospital-acquired infection that results in the formation of abscesses, empyema, pneumothorax, and cyst.

Also known as: Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia; pneumonia due to staphylococcus aureus