title: Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Lemierre syndrome.
abstract: Lemierre syndrome is usually caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, but we recently encountered a case due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and complicated by sigmoid sinus thrombosis and cranial neuropathies. Therapy may be made more difficult by unusual organisms and also create the need for therapy that penetrates into the central nervous system.
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bilal
authors.forename: Kerry O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Cleveland
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Gelfand
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D017576:Daptomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000069349:Linezolid; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D023303:Oxazolidinones / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D023303:Oxazolidinones; D014640:Vancomycin; D000069349:Linezolid; D017576:Daptomycin