Life-Threatening Necrotizing Pneumonia with Panton–Valentine Leukocidin-Producing, Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus in a Healthy Male Co-Infected with Influenza B
A previously healthy male was rushed into a hospital critically ill with confusion, sepsis, and acute respiratory distress syndrome only 43 h after having a normal chest X-ray and with blood samples showing only minimally elevated C-reactive protein. Two days earlier, the patient had returned to his...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a5cc8a19e2844448b931258e23af91a8 2023-05-15T16:10:34+02:00 Life-Threatening Necrotizing Pneumonia with Panton–Valentine Leukocidin-Producing, Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus in a Healthy Male Co-Infected with Influenza B Sara Agnete Hjort Larsen Kasper Kyhl Sharmin Baig Andreas Petersen Marita Reginsdóttir av Steinum Sissal Clemmensen Elin Jensen Torkil á Steig Shahin Gaini 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/idr14010002 https://doaj.org/article/a5cc8a19e2844448b931258e23af91a8 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2036-7449/14/1/2 https://doaj.org/toc/2036-7449 doi:10.3390/idr14010002 2036-7449 https://doaj.org/article/a5cc8a19e2844448b931258e23af91a8 Infectious Disease Reports, Vol 14, Iss 2, Pp 12-19 (2021) Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-producing Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing pneumonia pneumonia influenza B PVL-producing methicillin sensitive S. aureus co-infection Other systems of medicine RZ201-999 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/idr14010002 2022-12-30T22:03:22Z A previously healthy male was rushed into a hospital critically ill with confusion, sepsis, and acute respiratory distress syndrome only 43 h after having a normal chest X-ray and with blood samples showing only minimally elevated C-reactive protein. Two days earlier, the patient had returned to his home country, the Faroe Islands, from a 10-day work trip aboard a Scandinavian ship in Colombia. The diagnosis turned out to be an influenza B infection and necrotizing pneumonia with Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-producing methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA). It was influenza season in Colombia but not in the Faroe Islands. The frequency of MSSA with PVL-encoding genes among pediatric infection patients is very low in the Kingdom of Denmark and Faroe Islands and very high in Colombia, and the frequency generally varies highly by region. The patient in this case now suffers severe sequelae from the infection. With this case, we would like to remind clinicians of this rare but severe condition. PVL-producing S. aureus pneumonia should be considered in critically ill, previously healthy patients, especially during influenza season and if the patient has been traveling in countries with high frequencies of PVL-producing S. aureus. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Faroe Islands Valentine ENVELOPE(-54.550,-54.550,-61.083,-61.083) Infectious Disease Reports 14 1 12 19 |
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Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-producing Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing pneumonia pneumonia influenza B PVL-producing methicillin sensitive S. aureus co-infection Other systems of medicine RZ201-999 Sara Agnete Hjort Larsen Kasper Kyhl Sharmin Baig Andreas Petersen Marita Reginsdóttir av Steinum Sissal Clemmensen Elin Jensen Torkil á Steig Shahin Gaini Life-Threatening Necrotizing Pneumonia with Panton–Valentine Leukocidin-Producing, Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus in a Healthy Male Co-Infected with Influenza B |
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A previously healthy male was rushed into a hospital critically ill with confusion, sepsis, and acute respiratory distress syndrome only 43 h after having a normal chest X-ray and with blood samples showing only minimally elevated C-reactive protein. Two days earlier, the patient had returned to his home country, the Faroe Islands, from a 10-day work trip aboard a Scandinavian ship in Colombia. The diagnosis turned out to be an influenza B infection and necrotizing pneumonia with Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-producing methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA). It was influenza season in Colombia but not in the Faroe Islands. The frequency of MSSA with PVL-encoding genes among pediatric infection patients is very low in the Kingdom of Denmark and Faroe Islands and very high in Colombia, and the frequency generally varies highly by region. The patient in this case now suffers severe sequelae from the infection. With this case, we would like to remind clinicians of this rare but severe condition. PVL-producing S. aureus pneumonia should be considered in critically ill, previously healthy patients, especially during influenza season and if the patient has been traveling in countries with high frequencies of PVL-producing S. aureus. |
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Sara Agnete Hjort Larsen Kasper Kyhl Sharmin Baig Andreas Petersen Marita Reginsdóttir av Steinum Sissal Clemmensen Elin Jensen Torkil á Steig Shahin Gaini |
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Sara Agnete Hjort Larsen Kasper Kyhl Sharmin Baig Andreas Petersen Marita Reginsdóttir av Steinum Sissal Clemmensen Elin Jensen Torkil á Steig Shahin Gaini |
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Life-Threatening Necrotizing Pneumonia with Panton–Valentine Leukocidin-Producing, Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus in a Healthy Male Co-Infected with Influenza B |
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Life-Threatening Necrotizing Pneumonia with Panton–Valentine Leukocidin-Producing, Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus in a Healthy Male Co-Infected with Influenza B |
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Life-Threatening Necrotizing Pneumonia with Panton–Valentine Leukocidin-Producing, Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus in a Healthy Male Co-Infected with Influenza B |
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Life-Threatening Necrotizing Pneumonia with Panton–Valentine Leukocidin-Producing, Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus in a Healthy Male Co-Infected with Influenza B |
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Life-Threatening Necrotizing Pneumonia with Panton–Valentine Leukocidin-Producing, Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus in a Healthy Male Co-Infected with Influenza B |
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life-threatening necrotizing pneumonia with panton–valentine leukocidin-producing, methicillin-sensitive staphylococcus aureus in a healthy male co-infected with influenza b |
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