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Case Reports
. 2020 Aug;26(8):1939-1941.
doi: 10.3201/eid2608.201413. Epub 2020 Apr 16.

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

Claire Duployez, Rémi Le Guern, Claire Tinez, Anne-Laure Lejeune, Laurent Robriquet, Sophie Six, Caroline Loïez, Frédéric Wallet
Case Reports

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

Claire Duployez et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Necrotizing pneumonia induced by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-secreting Staphylococcus aureus is a rare but life-threatening infection that has been described in patients after they had influenza. We report a fatal case of this superinfection in a young adult who had coronavirus disease.

Keywords: COVID-19; Panton-Valentine leukocidin; SARS-CoV-2; Staphylococcus aureus; bacteria; coronavirus disease; necrotizing pneumonia; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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Chest computed tomography of a patient in France with Panton-Valentine leukocidin–secreting Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia complicating coronavirus disease, showing worsening of bilateral parenchymal damage with complete consolidation of the left lung, cavitary lesions suggestive of multiple abscesses, and appearance of areas of ground-glass opacities in the right lung
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