Multifocal pelvic abscesses and osteomyelitis from community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a 17-year-old basketball player.
A 17-year-old female basketball player suffered from cutaneous abscesses, which complicated into a systemic progression to osteomyelitis and simultaneous iliopsoas and piriformis abscesses, adjacent to the sacroiliac joint. The causative agent was community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with multilocus sequence type 30, spa19, and SCCmecIVc. The clinical importance of this genotype is discussed.
Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8510, Japan.
Takeshi
T
Okubo
Shizuka
S
Yabe
Taketo
T
Otsuka
Yoko
Y
Takizawa
Tomomi
T
Takano
Soshi
S
Dohmae
Wataru
W
Higuchi
Hiroki
H
Tsukada
Fumitake
F
Gejyo
Makoto
M
Uchiyama
Tatsuo
T
Yamamoto
D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010388:Pelvis; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial