Cutaneous pustular manifestations associated with disseminated septic embolism due to a Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing strain of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Chang-Teng Wu, MD Department of Pediatrics College of Medicine Chang Gung University Chang Gung Children's Hospital 5 Fu-Hsin Street Kwei-Shan 333 Taoyuan Taiwan E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract
We report a 12-year-old child presented with cutaneous pustular lesions. The lesions are associated with disseminated septic embolism due to Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). The mortality of CA-MRSA sepsis associated with cutaneous findings is high. In areas where CA-MRSA is endemic, empiric treatment of suspected cutaneous manifestations should include antibiotics predictably active against this pathogen.
