Purpura fulminans in a child secondary to Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus

Abid Hussain; Gisela Robinson; Joanne Malkin; Mark Duthie; Angela Kearns; Nelun Perera

doi:10.1099/jmm.0.47374-0

Purpura fulminans in a child secondary to Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus

Abid Hussain, Gisela Robinson, Joanne Malkin, Mark Duthie, Angela Kearns, Nelun Perera^*

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1407-1409
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Medical Microbiology
Volume	56
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47374-0
Publication status	Published - Oct 2007

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Purpura fulminans in a child secondary to Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus

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