Title: PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN PRODUCING STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS PNEUMONIA WITH PNEUMATOCELE FORMATION: A FATAL COMPLICATION AFTER INFLUENZA IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT
Abstract: INTRODUCTION:In 1932 Panton and Valentine first described a Staphylococcal exotoxin that they classed as a leukocidin. It is an important virulence factor inducing leukocyte hemolysis by pore forming activity as well as necrosis by local release of inflammatory components and is associated with primary skin infections and severe necrotizing pneumonia.