title: Neonatal disseminated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus presenting as orbital cellulitis.
abstract: Orbital cellulitis and abscess are known complications of ethmoiditis in children, but they are very rare in the newborn. The authors report a case of orbital abscess caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a four-week-old neonate born four weeks prematurely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK. sssanari@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Shahram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anari
authors.forename: Yakubu G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Karagama
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fulton
authors.forename: Janet A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015521:Ethmoid Sinusitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome