title: Complicated adult epiglottitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
abstract: Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is emerging as an important pathogen. However, MRSA rarely causes epiglottitis. We report an adult with epiglottitis due to a CA-MRSA isolate of the USA300 lineage with Panton-Valentine leukocidin. Maintaining vigilance for CA-MRSA as a cause of an expanding spectrum of severe infections is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA. young.lisa@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Lisa S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Connie S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004825:Epiglottis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*