Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of Fournier's gangrene.
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has become an important pathogen in aggressive skin and soft-tissue infections in patients without risk factors for nosocomial infections. We describe a case of a previously healthy adult who developed fulminant sepsis from Fournier's gangrene caused by a strain of CA-MRSA containing the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes.
Burton
Mary Jane
MJ
Medical Service, Section of Infectious Diseases, VA Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, USA. mary.burton2@va.gov
Shah
Pratik
P
Swiatlo
Edwin
E
D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics; D018934:Fournier Gangrene / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D007956:Leukocidins; C078284:Panton-Valentine leukocidin