Necrotizing pneumonia and severe COVID-19 in an infant with catheter-related bloodstream infection by methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

Pediatr Int. 2023 Jan;65(1):e15401. doi: 10.1111/ped.15401.

Authors

Giacomo Brisca¹, Silvia Buratti², Luca Basso³, Maurizio Miano⁴, Pietro Salvati⁵, Elio Castagnola⁶, Andrea Moscatelli^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Sub-intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
² Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
³ Radiology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
⁴ Hematology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
⁵ Pneumology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
⁶ Infectious Disease Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; catheter-related bloodstream infection; necrotizing pneumonia; pediatric COVID-19; sepsis.

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
COVID-19*
Catheters
Humans
Infant
Methicillin
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
Pneumonia, Necrotizing* / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Necrotizing* / drug therapy
Sepsis*
Staphylococcal Infections* / diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections* / drug therapy
Staphylococcus aureus
Vascular Diseases*

Substances

Methicillin
Anti-Bacterial Agents