Life-Threatening Necrotizing Pneumonia with Panton–Valentine Leukocidin-Producing, Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus in a Healthy Male Co-Infected with Influenza B

• Published in: Infectious Disease Reports
• Main Authors: Sara Agnete Hjort Larsen, Kasper Kyhl, Sharmin Baig, Andreas Petersen, Marita Reginsdóttir av Steinum, Sissal Clemmensen, Elin Jensen, Torkil á Steig, Shahin Gaini
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: 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; Faroe Islands; Valentine
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/idr14010002; https://doaj.org/article/a5cc8a19e2844448b931258e23af91a8

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...