Methicillin Susceptible Panton - Valentine Leukocidin Positive S. Aureus Pneumonia in a Child with Novel Influenza H1N1 Infection
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2010-01-01
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The first case in Latvia of Panton - Valentine leukocidin (PVL) positive methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) pneumonia in an adolescent with novel influenza A H1N1 is described. A 15 year old boy was admitted to intensive care suffering from severe respiratory failure with bilateral necrotic pneumonia. The presence of influenza A H1N1 was confirmed by PCR. Invasive S. aureus was spa type t435 and Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene positive. He received therapy with ceftriaxone, oxacillin, clindamycin and oseltamivir phosphate and underwent two chest operations. He was discharged after 58 days in hospital.
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3.2 Clinical medicine, 1.4. Reviewed scientific article published in Latvia or abroad in a scientific journal with an editorial board (including university editions)
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Cupane, L, Pugacova, N, Aleksejevs, G, Berzina, D, Gardovska, D & Miklasevics, E 2010, 'Methicillin Susceptible Panton - Valentine Leukocidin Positive S. Aureus Pneumonia in a Child with Novel Influenza H1N1 Infection', Acta Chirurgica Latviensis, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 127-130. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10163-011-0027-8