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

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

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacterial Toxins / biosynthesis*
  • Betacoronavirus / pathogenicity*
  • Betacoronavirus / physiology
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Cefotaxime / therapeutic use
  • Clindamycin / therapeutic use
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections / therapy
  • Exotoxins / biosynthesis*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Leukocidins / biosynthesis*
  • Linezolid / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Metronidazole / therapeutic use
  • Necrosis / complications*
  • Necrosis / diagnosis
  • Necrosis / therapy
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / therapy
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
  • Respiration, Artificial
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Spiramycin / therapeutic use
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Staphylococcus aureus / pathogenicity*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Exotoxins
  • Leukocidins
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin
  • Metronidazole
  • Clindamycin
  • Spiramycin
  • Linezolid
  • Cefotaxime