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: Larsen, Sara Agnete Hjort, Kyhl, Kasper, Baig, Sharmin, Petersen, Andreas, Steinum, Marita Reginsdóttirav, Clemmensen, Sissal, Jensen, Elin, Steig, Torkil, Gaini, Shahin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Antimicrobial resistance; Co-infection; Influenza B; Necrotizing pneumonia; Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-producing Staphylococcus aureus; Pneumonia; PVL-producing methicillin sensitive S. aureus; Faroe Islands; Valentine
• Online Access: https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/13dfbfe5-ba19-4a4d-838a-057b9b6aeabc; https://doi.org/10.3390/idr14010002; https://findresearcher.sdu.dk/ws/files/196642650/idr_14_00002.pdf

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...