[Fatal pneumonia with Panton Valentine leucocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus].
We describe a case of fatal pneumonia in a previously healthy 14-year-old boy. The patient was severely affected at the time of admission with high fever, tachypnea, tachycardia and peripheral cyanosis. The condition worsened despite treatment with antibiotics as well as respiratory and pressure support. Acidosis and critical leucopenia supervened and the patient died just short of 24 hours after admission. Subsequent bacterial cultivation showed Panton-Valentine Leucocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus.
Rabøl
Peter Hedelund
PH
Paediatrisk Afdeling, Nykøbing Falster Sygehus, DK-4800 Nykøbing Falster, Denmark. peterraboel@hotmail.com
Dessau
Ram Benny
RB
Warnecke
Mads
M
Bjerglund
Lise
L
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004630:Emergencies; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014774:Virulence
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin