A Case of Fatal Community-Acquired Necrotizing Pneumonia Caused by Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Positive Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus

Authors: Honarpour, Narimon1; Mao, Jenny T.1

Source: Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews, Volume 3, Number 1, February 2007 , pp. 49-51(3)

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers

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Abstract:

The expression of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) has been implicated as a virulence factor for communityacquired Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia with most reported cases involving methicillin-resistant strains. Here we describe a case of community-acquired, PVL-positive methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) sufficiently virulent to cause rapidly progressive necrotizing pneumonia, massive pulmonary hemorrhage, sepsis, and death in a patient without conventional risk factors (diabetes, advanced age). To our knowledge, this is the first case report of a fatal necrotizing pneumonia caused by PVL-positive MSSA in Los Angeles County.

Keywords: PVL; MSSA; community-acquired necrotizing pneumonia and massi

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.2174/157339807779941776

Affiliations: 1: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 37-131 CHS, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90095-1690, USA.

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