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.
Okubo
Takeshi
T
Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8510, Japan.
Yabe
Shizuka
S
Otsuka
Taketo
T
Takizawa
Yoko
Y
Takano
Tomomi
T
Dohmae
Soshi
S
Higuchi
Wataru
W
Tsukada
Hiroki
H
Gejyo
Fumitake
F
Uchiyama
Makoto
M
Yamamoto
Tatsuo
T
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