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Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Secreting Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia Complicating COVID-19.

Duployez, Claire; Le Guern, Rémi; Tinez, Claire; Lejeune, Anne-Laure; Robriquet, Laurent; Six, Sophie; Loïez, Caroline; Wallet, Frédéric.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 26(8): 1939-1941, 2020 Aug.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-133114

ABSTRACT

Necrotizing pneumonia induced by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-secreting Staphylococcus aureus is a rare but life-threatening infection that has been described in patients after they had influenza. We report a fatal case of this superinfection in a young adult who had coronavirus disease.

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Bacterial Toxins/biosynthesis , Betacoronavirus/pathogenicity , Coronavirus Infections/complications , Exotoxins/biosynthesis , Leukocidins/biosynthesis , Necrosis/complications , Pneumonia, Staphylococcal/complications , Pneumonia, Viral/complications , Staphylococcus aureus/pathogenicity , Adult , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Betacoronavirus/physiology , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Testing , Cefotaxime/therapeutic use , Clindamycin/therapeutic use , Clinical Laboratory Techniques/methods , Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis , Coronavirus Infections/therapy , Fatal Outcome , Humans , Linezolid/therapeutic use , Male , Metronidazole/therapeutic use , Necrosis/diagnosis , Necrosis/therapy , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Staphylococcal/diagnosis , Pneumonia, Staphylococcal/therapy , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis , Pneumonia, Viral/therapy , Respiration, Artificial , SARS-CoV-2 , Spiramycin/therapeutic use , Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects , Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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