[CA MRSA in furunculosis: case report of southern Brazil].
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), particularly isolated at hospital setting, has been identified in cutaneous infections of community patients. This paper reports a case of furunculosis from the southern Brazil. Dermatologists must be attentive to this emergent etiological diagnosis. The isolated microorganism was subjected to PCR for gene mecA and to PCR for the gene that encodes the leukocidin of Panton-Valentine. These exams enabled genotypic identification of CA-MRSA.
Razera
Fernanda
F
Serviço de Dermatologia, Hospital Mãe de Deus, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
De Stefani
Sabrina
S
Bonamigo
Renan Rangel
RR
Olm
Gislaine Silveira
GS
Dias
Cícero Armídio Gomes
CA
Narvaez
Gabriel Azambuja
GA
D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005667:Furunculosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus