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“More than skin deep”: Recurrent primary hand abscesses in a warehouse operative

A 25-year-old male right-hand dominant warehouse operator presented with two hand infections within 12 weeks both requiring surgical drainage and antimicrobial therapy. Subsequent testing confirmed Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus (PVL-SA). This case highlights the need for...

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Autores principales: Kearney, L., O’Connor, C., Fitzpatrick, F., O’Sullivan, J. B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4793786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27252979
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/23320885.2015.1120641
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description A 25-year-old male right-hand dominant warehouse operator presented with two hand infections within 12 weeks both requiring surgical drainage and antimicrobial therapy. Subsequent testing confirmed Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus (PVL-SA). This case highlights the need for prompt multidisciplinary management of hand infections to consider, diagnose and manage atypical infections.
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spelling pubmed-47937862016-06-01 “More than skin deep”: Recurrent primary hand abscesses in a warehouse operative Kearney, L. O’Connor, C. Fitzpatrick, F. O’Sullivan, J. B. Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg Case Reports A 25-year-old male right-hand dominant warehouse operator presented with two hand infections within 12 weeks both requiring surgical drainage and antimicrobial therapy. Subsequent testing confirmed Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus (PVL-SA). This case highlights the need for prompt multidisciplinary management of hand infections to consider, diagnose and manage atypical infections. Taylor & Francis 2015-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4793786/ /pubmed/27252979 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/23320885.2015.1120641 Text en © 2015 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4793786/
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