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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Duployez, Claire ; Le Guern, Rémi ; Tinez, Claire ; Lejeune, Anne-Laure ; Robriquet, Laurent ; Six, Sophie ; Loïez, Caroline ; Wallet, Frédéric
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Adult Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacterial Toxins Betacoronavirus Cefotaxime Clindamycin Clinical Laboratory Techniques Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Exotoxins Fatal Outcome Humans Leukocidins Linezolid Male Metronidazole Necrosis Pandemics Pneumonia, Staphylococcal Pneumonia, Viral Respiration, Artificial Spiramycin Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(8):1939-1941
• Pubmed ID:
  32298228
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7392470
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1720bf11a6715d2fad5a163510cffbd23f31f032548647b210959ffb3ce0dd5d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/91575/cdc_91575_DS1.pdf
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