Duployez C, Le Guern R, Tinez C, Lejeune AL, Robriquet L, Six S, Loïez C, Wallet F. Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Secreting Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia Complicating COVID-19.
Emerg Infect Dis 2020;
26:1939-1941. [PMID:
32298228 PMCID:
PMC7392470 DOI:
10.3201/eid2608.201413]
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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.
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