[Necrotizing pneumonia and arthritis due to Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton and Valentine leukocidin in a 10-year-old boy]

E Laporte-Turpin; M-O Marcoux; I Claudet; E Grouteau; P Micheau; S Fédérici; C Alberge; M-F Prère

doi:10.1016/j.arcped.2006.02.013

[Necrotizing pneumonia and arthritis due to Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton and Valentine leukocidin in a 10-year-old boy]

Arch Pediatr. 2006 May;13(5):449-52. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2006.02.013. Epub 2006 Apr 4.

[Article in French]

Authors

E Laporte-Turpin¹, M-O Marcoux, I Claudet, E Grouteau, P Micheau, S Fédérici, C Alberge, M-F Prère

Affiliation

¹ POSU pédiatrique, hôpital des Enfants, 330, avenue de Grande-Bretagne, 31059 Toulouse cedex 09, France. laporte-turpin.e@chu-toulouse.fr

PMID: 16600578
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2006.02.013

Abstract

Staphylococcal necrotizing pneumonia producing the Panton Valentine leukotoxin (PVL) has been described for many years. The french reference center for staphylococcal toxaemia defined it with precision in 1999. A 10-year-old child, died in 36 hours from respiratory distress and shock. Staphylococcal pneumonia was suspected then confirmed: S. Aureus producing PVL was isolated in lung, blood and articulations.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology*
Bacterial Toxins / biosynthesis*
Child
Exotoxins / biosynthesis*
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Leukocidins
Male
Necrosis
Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / metabolism*
Staphylococcus aureus / metabolism*

Substances

Bacterial Toxins
Exotoxins
Leukocidins
Panton-Valentine leukocidin