Panton–Valentine Leucocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infection Mimicking Mpox in a Pediatric Returning Traveler
A 4-year-old boy developed a fever followed by painful, polymorphic skin lesions after travel to Cameroon, raising suspicion for mpox. Viral testing was negative; wound culture grew Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus with additional, potentially synergistic virulence genes. This case demonstrates that the differential diagnosis of skin lesions following travel should include this increasingly recognized pathogen, prompting appropriate Panton-Valentine leucocidin testing.
Authors
- Andreas K. Lindner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5768-5109)
- Sébastien Boutin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0499-2460)
- Dennis Nurjadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1278-5939)
- Renate Krüger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8728-9385)
- Alice Hucko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6943-2797)
Institutions
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
- German Center for Lung Research (DE)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Published
- 2026-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000005399
- Primary Topic
- Poxvirus research and outbreaks
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00