[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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Abteilung für Unfall-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Universität Ulm, Steinhövelstr. 9, 89075 Ulm.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012782:Shoulder / Q000601:surgery; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects; D000074402:Synovectomy; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery