Open AccessPurpura fulminans in a child secondary to Panton–Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus
Author(s) -
Abid Hussain,
Gisela Robinson,
Joanne Malkin,
Mark L Duthie,
Angela Kearns,
Nelun Perera
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.47374-0
Subject(s) - purpura fulminans , panton–valentine leukocidin , leukocidin , staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , staphylococcal infections , virology , immunology , biology , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , dermatology , bacteria , genetics
A case of purpura fulminans (PF) in a child secondary to infection with meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) encoding the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) toxin genes is presented. Occasional cases of PF have been documented secondary to S. aureus infection in adults, but, to the authors' knowledge, not in children. Here the first UK case of MSSA-PVL leading to PF is presented.
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