Saudi Journal of Pathology and Microbiology (SJPM)
Volume-3 | Issue-12 | 497-502
Case Report
Staphylococcal Toxigenic Syndrome: Report of a Special Case and Review of Literature
Fahd Bennani Smires, Houda Echchachoui, Zakaria Iloughman, Mouna Elghazi, Meryem zerrik, Mohamed Chemsi
Published : Dec. 30, 2018
Abstract
Staphylococcus Aureus is responsible for two main clinical presentations in
humans: suppurative infections and toxigenic syndromes. In this work, we report a
case of a young patient with necrotizing pneumonia caused by staphylococcus aureus
producer Leukocidin of Panton and Valentine which presents a special entity in
staphylococcal toxigenic syndromes, owing to the fact that it affects healthy
immunocompetent subjects, and that its escalation is extremely fast in time and in the
diverse territories of the world.