Rising Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases

The increasing incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections (MRSA) in ENT diseases is becoming a big clinical concern. Here two patients are described who developed MRSA infections presented with unusual post-FESS epistaxis and postmastoidectomy perichondrial abscess and faile...

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Autor principal: Thirumazhisi Sachithanandam, Sangeetha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25431718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/253945
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description The increasing incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections (MRSA) in ENT diseases is becoming a big clinical concern. Here two patients are described who developed MRSA infections presented with unusual post-FESS epistaxis and postmastoidectomy perichondrial abscess and failed treatment with broad spectrum intravenous antibiotics. Following treatment with oral linezolid combined with local mupirocin dressing both patients fully recovered.
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spelling pubmed-42413222014-11-27 Rising Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases Thirumazhisi Sachithanandam, Sangeetha Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report The increasing incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections (MRSA) in ENT diseases is becoming a big clinical concern. Here two patients are described who developed MRSA infections presented with unusual post-FESS epistaxis and postmastoidectomy perichondrial abscess and failed treatment with broad spectrum intravenous antibiotics. Following treatment with oral linezolid combined with local mupirocin dressing both patients fully recovered. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4241322/ /pubmed/25431718 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/253945 Text en Copyright © 2014 Sangeetha Thirumazhisi Sachithanandam. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Rising Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases
title_sort rising methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections in ear, nose, and throat diseases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241322/
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