Metastatic Spreading of Community Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia
Joint Authors
Fabio, Giovanna
Spagnoli, Diego
Cappellini, Maria Domenica
Hu, Cinzia
Mellace, Luca
Carrabba, Maria
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-07-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A 29-year-old woman presented to the Fondazione IRCCS “Cà Granda” Ospedale Maggiore, a tertiary care university hospital in Milan (Italy), with skin lesions, fever, myalgia, joint pain and swelling, and a one-week history of low back pain.
The diagnosis was Staphylococcus aureus (S.
aureus) bacteraemia spreading to skin, bones, and joints and a lumbosacral epidural abscess L5-S2.
Neither initial focus nor predisposing conditions were apparent.
The antibiotic therapy was prolonged for six-weeks with the resolution of fever, skin lesions, articular inflammation, and the epidural abscess.
Community-acquired S.
aureus infections can affect patients without traditional healthcare-associated risk factors, and community acquisition is a risk-factor for the development of complications.
Raised awareness of S.
aureus bacteraemia, also in patients without healthcare-associated risk factors, is important in the diagnosis, management, and control of this infection, because failure to recognise patients with serious infection and lack of understanding of empirical antimicrobial selection are associated with a high mortality rate in otherwise healthy people.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Fabio, Giovanna& Carrabba, Maria& Mellace, Luca& Hu, Cinzia& Spagnoli, Diego& Cappellini, Maria Domenica. 2011. Metastatic Spreading of Community Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Fabio, Giovanna…[et al.]. Metastatic Spreading of Community Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Fabio, Giovanna& Carrabba, Maria& Mellace, Luca& Hu, Cinzia& Spagnoli, Diego& Cappellini, Maria Domenica. Metastatic Spreading of Community Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-455947