Neonatal disseminated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus presenting as orbital cellulitis.
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.
Anari
Shahram
S
Department of Otolaryngology, the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK. sssanari@yahoo.co.uk
Karagama
Yakubu G
YG
Fulton
Barbara
B
Wilson
Janet A
JA
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