Sepse por Staphylococus aureus resistente à meticilina adquirida na comunidade no sul do Brasil

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was initially described as a typical microorganism acquired in nosocomial infections. However, over recent years, community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has been a cause of skin and soft-tissue infections. Serious infections such as...

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Authors: Gelatti, Luciane Cristina; Sukiennik, Tereza; Becker, Ana Paula; Inoue, Fernanda Matsiko [UNIFESP]; Carmo, Mirian Silva do [UNIFESP]; Castrucci, Fernanda Marques da Silva [UNIFESP]; Pignatari, Antonio Carlos Campos [UNIFESP]; Ribeiro, Luis Carlos; Bonamigo, Renan Rangel; D'Azevedo, Pedro Alves
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2009
Country:Brasil
Institution:UNIFESP
Repository:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/5158
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822009000400019
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/5158
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin
Sepsis
Meticilina
Sepse
Summary:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was initially described as a typical microorganism acquired in nosocomial infections. However, over recent years, community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has been a cause of skin and soft-tissue infections. Serious infections such as pneumonia and sepsis can also occur. This report describes a case of sepsis in a child that was complicated by pneumonia secondary to soft tissue lesions that were due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in southern Brazil. The patient was attended at the Emergency Unit with a history of injury caused by lower-limb trauma that evolved to cellulitis, pneumonia and sepsis.

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