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. 2019 Apr 3;19(1):302.
doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-3933-3.

Fulminant arterial vasculitis as an unusual complication of disseminated staphylococcal disease due to the emerging CC1 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus clone: a case report

Charles Vidal  1 , Florence Moulin  2 , Xavier Nassif  1 , Louise Galmiche  3 , Delphine Borgel  4 , Alain Charbit  5 , Capucine Picard  6   7 , Jean-Paul Mira  8   9 , Olivier Lortholary  10 , Anne Jamet  1   5 , Julie Toubiana  11   12
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Fulminant arterial vasculitis as an unusual complication of disseminated staphylococcal disease due to the emerging CC1 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus clone: a case report

Charles Vidal et al. BMC Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Background: Staphylococcus aureus has emerged as a leading cause of invasive severe diseases with a high rate of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and outcome observed in staphylococcal illness may be a consequence of both microbial factors and variability of the host immune response.

Case presentation: A 14-years old child developed limb ischemia with gangrene following S. aureus bloodstream infection. Histopathology revealed medium-sized arterial vasculitis. The causing strain belonged to the emerging clone CC1-MSSA and numerous pathogenesis-related genes were identified. Patient's genotyping revealed functional variants associated with severe infections. A combination of virulence and host factors might explain this unique severe form of staphylococcal disease.

Conclusion: A combination of virulence and genetic host factors might explain this unique severe form of staphylococcal disease.

Keywords: Case report; Genetic susceptibility; Polymorphism; S. aureus; Sepsis; Vasculitis; Virulence.

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Fig. 1
Histopathology of the amputation specimen. a Coexistence of normal (star) and pathologic medium-sized arteries (arrow) in necrotic and ischemic fibro-adipose tissue. Focal infiltration by inflammatory cells is noted. b and c Pathologic artery occluded by fibrinous thrombus (arrow). Arterial wall is replaced by cellular debris without residual endothelium. Surrounding tissues are necrotic and ischemic. d Gram staining shows bacterial colonization of arterial wall. Numerous bacteria (arrow) are found around the lumen
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