[An infrequent complication of RSV acute bronchiolitis in an infant]

M Baravalle; M David; E Bosdure; G Gorincour; J-M Rolain; J-C Dubus

doi:10.1016/j.arcped.2011.11.008

[An infrequent complication of RSV acute bronchiolitis in an infant]

Arch Pediatr. 2012 Feb;19(2):156-9. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2011.11.008. Epub 2011 Dec 21.

[Article in French]

Authors

M Baravalle¹, M David, E Bosdure, G Gorincour, J-M Rolain, J-C Dubus

Affiliation

¹ Unité de pneumologie et médecine infantile, CHU Timone-Enfants, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille cedex 5, France.

PMID: 22196532
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2011.11.008

Abstract

We report the case of a 10-month-old girl hospitalized with RSV acute bronchiolitis who developed necrotizing pneumonia with pyopneumothorax due to Panton-Valentine leukocidin-secreting Staphylococcus aureus. The outcome was fortunately favorable with antibiotics and pleural drainage.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Bronchiolitis / diagnosis
Bronchiolitis / virology*
Female
Humans
Infant
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections* / diagnosis