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J Med Microbiol 56 (2007), 1407-1409; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47374-0
© 2007 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Case Report

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

Abid Hussain1, Gisela Robinson2, Joanne Malkin1, Mark Duthie2, Angela Kearns3 and Nelun Perera1

1 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK

2 Department of Child Health, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK

3 Staphylococcal Reference Laboratory, Laboratory of Healthcare Associated Infection, Health Protection Agency, Colindale, London NW9 5EQ, UK

Correspondence
Nelun Perera
nelun.perera{at}uhl-tr.nhs.uk

Received 2 May 2007
Accepted 6 June 2007

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.

Abbreviations: PF, purpura fulminans; PVL, Panton–Valentine leukocidin.






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