title: Scarlet fever caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
abstract: We describe a previously healthy 2.5-year-old boy with staphylococcal scarlet fever associated with acute suppurative otitis media due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The patient was successfully treated by spontaneous drainage in combination with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325 Cheng-Kung Road, Nei-hu, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ying-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Shyi-Jou
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wen-Tsung
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Lo
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D012541:Scarlet Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination