title: [A boy with a cough and shoulder pain].
abstract: A 15-year-old boy reported to the Accident and Emergency Department with excessive coughing, shortness of breath and pain in the area of his left shoulder blade. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was cultured from his sputum. The boy was otherwise healthy, and had no immune deficiency or underlying anatomic abnormality. He probably contracted the MRSA infection at the international school he attends.
authors: Flevoziekenhuis, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Almere, the Netherlands. charlottekompier@hotmail.com
authors: Charlotte J A
authors: CJ
authors: Kompier
authors: Roosje
authors: R
authors: Roelants
authors: Erik-Jonas
authors: EJ
authors: van de Griendt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*