Title |
Acute haematogenous community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis in an adult: Case report and review of literature
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Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, October 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-12-270 |
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Authors |
Amreeta Dhanoa, Vivek Ajit Singh, Azura Mansor, Mohd Yasim Yusof, King-Ting Lim, Kwai-Lin Thong |
Abstract |
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has of late emerged as a cause of community-acquired infections among immunocompetent adults without risk factors. Skin and soft tissue infections represent the majority of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) clinical presentations, whilst invasive and life-threatening illness like necrotizing pneumonia, necrotizing fasciitis, pyomyositis, osteomyelitis and sepsis syndrome are less common. Although more widely described in the pediatric age group, the occurrence of CA-MRSA osteomyelitis in adults is an uncommonly reported entity. |
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Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Colombia | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 76 | 99% |
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Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 16% |
Researcher | 9 | 12% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 10% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 8% |
Lecturer | 5 | 6% |
Other | 18 | 23% |
Unknown | 19 | 25% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 32% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 9% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 6% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 6% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 4% |
Other | 6 | 8% |
Unknown | 26 | 34% |