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PubMed2001

[Severe complications of Staphylococcus aureus infection in the child].

Life threatening complications can be caused by staphylococcal infection, even if they appear as a simple pustulosis, via hamatogenous dissemination. On the other hand the bacteria is able to penetrate the skin without pre-existing skin lesions and reach the adjacent soft tissue, as was the case with a 9 year old boy who had a contusion of the left shoulder and a consecutive life threatening septicemia.

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PubMed2006

Usefulness of teicoplanin for preventing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in orthopedic surgery.

In order to gather more data on the use of teicoplanin for reducing MRSA infections in high-risk populations, the present study was conducted. At a hospital in Barcelona, Spain, there was a high prevalence of MRSA infections among patients who underwent surgery for femoral neck fracture during the first 5 months of 2002 (period A) when cefuroxime was the antibiotic prophylaxis. During the following 12 months (period B) 600 mg of teicoplanin was added to cefuroxime. The rates of overall and MRSA infection during period A were 5.07 and 2.73%, respectively. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis demonstrated there was no clonal relationship among MRSA strains. No nasal carriers of MRSA were detected among health workers. During period B the rates of overall and MRSA infection were 2.36 and 0.19%, respectively. Both rates were statistically significantly lower than those in period A (p<0.05). These results suggest teicoplanin may be useful in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery when the prevalence of MRSA is high.

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PubMed1992

Pancoast syndrome: an unusual complication of pulmonary infection by Staphylococcus aureus.

Pancoast syndrome, which comprises a lower brachial plexus lesion and Horner's syndrome, usually results from local invasion beyond the confines of the lung by an apical lung carcinoma. Other causes are rare. We report the unusual occurrence of a case of Pancoast syndrome caused by a destructive sclerosing fibrosis after pulmonary Staphylococcus aureus infection.

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PubMed2000

[Changes in epidemiological pattern of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in a tertiary hospital. Experience of 5 years].

OBJECTIVE: To describe the demographic pattern and tendency of the infections by MRSA between 1992 and 1997. DESIGN AND METHODS: Descriptive study of the infections by MRSA in a tertiary-care hospital. RESULTS: 267 MRSA infections, 131 infections were included within 58 buds and 136 cases isolated form. The more affected services were Internal Medicine, Urology, Neurology, Vascular surgery and intensive care unit. A tendency was observed to the increase in > 65 years cases and in medical services. CONCLUSIONS: The increase of elderly cases in medical services and > 65 years carriers in their nose could translate the existent situation in the community.

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