Successful management of Panton-Valentine leukocidine-positive necrotising pneumonia and A/H1N1₂₀₀₉influenzavirus coinfection in adult

Abstract

SUMMARYThis paper presents a case of community-acquired necrotising pneumonia due to Panton-Valentine leukocidine-positive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and A/H1N1 2009 influenzavirus co-infection in a 26-year-old woman. Despite the presence of pejorative prognostic factors, the clinical course of the patient was favourable. BACKGROUND

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

“…It also induces an influx of immune cells to lung tissues, including neutrophils; the rapid killing of these cells by PVL and release of inflammatory mediators might promote disease development by damaging the epithelium ( 7 , 8 ). The association of PVL-secreting S. aureus and influenza virus has been reported ( 6 , 9 ). We report a PVL-secreting S. aureus superinfection in a patient who had COVID-19.…”