title: MRSA blistering distal dactylitis and review of reported cases.
abstract: We describe a 6-month-old infant with blistering distal dactylitis. Bacterial culture from the skin lesion grew methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. No carriage of this bacterial agent was identified in her family. She responded to vancomycin administration and incision and drainage of the lesion. This is the first reported case of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus-associated blistering distal dactylitis in an infant.
authors: Athens University School of Medicine, 3rd Department of Pediatrics, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Fretzayas
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Moustaki
authors: Vasilios
authors: V
authors: Tsagris
authors: Triantafillia
authors: T
authors: Brozou
authors: Polyxeni
authors: P
authors: Nicolaidou
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001768:Blister / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000382:microbiology*; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin