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

Claire Duployez (1) , Rémi Le Guern (1) , Claire Tinez (2) , Anne-Laure Lejeune (3) , Laurent Robriquet (3) , Sophie Six (3) , Caroline Loiez (3) , Frédéric Wallet (1)

1 CIIL - Centre d’Infection et d’Immunité de Lille - INSERM U 1019 - UMR 9017 - UMR 8204
2 Institut de Microbiologie [CHRU Lille]
3 CHRU Lille - Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [CHU Lille]

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.

Mots clés: COVID-19; necrotizing pneumonia; Panton-Valentine leukocidin; SARS-CoV3; Staphylococcus aureus

Domaines: Maladies émergentes; Maladies infectieuses; Pneumologie et système respiratoire

Claire Duployez, Rémi Le Guern, Claire Tinez, Anne-Laure Lejeune, Laurent Robriquet, et al.. Panton-Valentine Leukocidin–Secreting Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia Complicating COVID-19. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020, 26 (8), pp.1939-1941. ⟨10.3201/eid2608.201413⟩. ⟨hal-02566167⟩