Abstract |
Between August 1996 and August 1997, 130 children were admitted to our pediatric orthopaedic unit with Staphylococcus aureus musculoskeletal infection. Twenty-six of the 130 staphylococcal isolates were resistant to methicillin, an incidence of 20%. All but one of the infections, a femoral fixator-pin infection, were community-acquired. Twenty-two of the infections were superficial; however, there were four cases of deep musculoskeletal sepsis due to methicillin-resistant S. aureus. In areas where methicillin-resistant S. aureus is prevalent in the community, methicillin resistance should be considered in any overwhelming staphylococcal infection not responding to conventional antibiotics despite adequate surgical debridement.
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Authors | D P Gwynne-Jones, N S Stott |
Journal | Journal of pediatric orthopedics
(J Pediatr Orthop)
1999 May-Jun
Vol. 19
Issue 3
Pg. 413-6
ISSN: 0271-6798 [Print] United States |
PMID | 10344331
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Community-Acquired Infections
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Methicillin Resistance
- Musculoskeletal Diseases
(drug therapy, microbiology)
- Osteomyelitis
(drug therapy, microbiology)
- Sepsis
(microbiology)
- Staphylococcal Infections
(drug therapy)
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