Primary sternal osteomyelitis due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: case report and literature review.
Primary sternal osteomyelitis is a rare infectious disease in paediatric patients. It has not been previously reported as caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. We describe a 9-year-old boy with a painful erythematous mid-sternal mass diagnosed as primary sternal osteomyelitis. The aetiological agent was community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, carrying a type IV staphylococcal cassette chromosome for mec.


CONCLUSIONS
Methicillin resistance should be taken into considered in patient with community-associated staphylococcal infections.
Department of Paediatrics, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defence Medical Centre, No. 325 Cheng-Kung Road, Sec. 2, 114, Neihu, Taipei, Taiwan.
Min-Hua
MH
Tseng
Wei-Jen
WJ
Lin
Ching-Shen
CS
Teng
Chih-Chien
CC
Wang
D002648:Child; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects; D013249:Sternum