title: Successful treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and cholecystitis.
abstract: Although Staphylococcus aureus can cause a variety of infections, involvement of the biliary tract is rare. We present a middle-aged Caucasian woman who presented with methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia. Subsequent investigation revealed a diagnosis of acute cholecystitis with MRSA-positive specimen cultures. The patient showed clinical improvement after vancomycin therapy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy. This case adds to the growing list of infections that can be attributed to MRSA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hospitalist, Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA. santo3np@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Santosh Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Nepal
authors.forename: Smith
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giri
authors.forename: Keshav
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Panday
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin