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Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a cause of musculoskeletal sepsis in children.

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.
AuthorsD P Gwynne-Jones, N S Stott
JournalJournal of pediatric orthopedics (J Pediatr Orthop) 1999 May-Jun Vol. 19 Issue 3 Pg. 413-6 ISSN: 0271-6798 [Print] United States
PMID10344331 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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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