title: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis of the scaphoid from a catheter in the radial artery.
abstract: We describe the development of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis of the scaphoid in a 49-year-old man from an infection occurring around a catheter in the radial artery. Total scaphoidectomy and appropriate antibiotic therapy eradicated the infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea.
authors.forename: Goo Hyun
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Moon Sang
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D017534:Radial Artery; D021361:Scaphoid Bone; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*