Bilateral subretinal abscess in community-acquired meticillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection.

We present here a case of probable Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL) syndrome. PVL is a cytotoxin produced by S. aureus. Infection with PVL-positive S. aureus produces a clinical disease that is characterised by necrotising pneumonia and disseminated infection that often carries a high mortality. Our patient showed prompt clinical response to cloxacillin that was given for a total duration of 6 weeks. At the end of 6 weeks vision also recovered. The successful outcome in our patient was likely due to early and appropriate antibiotic therapy. PMID: 32539036 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh - Category: General Medicine Tags: J R Coll Physicians Edinb Source Type: research