Severe necrotizing fasciitis in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a rarely reported cause of necrotizing fasciitis. We report an unusually severe case of MRSA necrotizing fasciitis in a previously undiagnosed AIDS patient. Molecular analysis revealed that the strain had the USA300/spa1 genotype, now an abundant cause of community-acquired MRSA infection.
Olsen
Randall J
RJ
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Methodist Hospital, and Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Burns
Kevin M
KM
Chen
Liang
L
Kreiswirth
Barry N
BN
Musser
James M
JM
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000382:microbiology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents