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Rare presentation of sepsis caused by necrotizing scalp infection
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is a rising cause of skin and soft tissue infections over the last decade with potentially serious complications. In this article, we describe a case of a large scalp and post-auricular abscess complicated by bacteremia. This i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7078591/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32206295 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa024 |
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author | Tulla, Katrina Caesar-Peterson, Shannon Coste, Anouchka Wang, Joye Morrison, Norman |
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description | Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is a rising cause of skin and soft tissue infections over the last decade with potentially serious complications. In this article, we describe a case of a large scalp and post-auricular abscess complicated by bacteremia. This is a case of a 73-year-old female who presented with altered mental status was found to have two fluctuant scalp abscesses, bacteremia with necrosis. The patient was promptly treated with intravenous antibiotics, multiple operative debridements without calvarial periosteum involvement defects requiring split-thickness skin grafts for wound closure. This case highlights the severity of a CA-MRSA skin infection in an atypical location. |
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spelling | pubmed-70785912020-03-23 Rare presentation of sepsis caused by necrotizing scalp infection Tulla, Katrina Caesar-Peterson, Shannon Coste, Anouchka Wang, Joye Morrison, Norman J Surg Case Rep Case Report Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is a rising cause of skin and soft tissue infections over the last decade with potentially serious complications. In this article, we describe a case of a large scalp and post-auricular abscess complicated by bacteremia. This is a case of a 73-year-old female who presented with altered mental status was found to have two fluctuant scalp abscesses, bacteremia with necrosis. The patient was promptly treated with intravenous antibiotics, multiple operative debridements without calvarial periosteum involvement defects requiring split-thickness skin grafts for wound closure. This case highlights the severity of a CA-MRSA skin infection in an atypical location. Oxford University Press 2020-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7078591/ /pubmed/32206295 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa024 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Case Report Tulla, Katrina Caesar-Peterson, Shannon Coste, Anouchka Wang, Joye Morrison, Norman Rare presentation of sepsis caused by necrotizing scalp infection |
title | Rare presentation of sepsis caused by necrotizing scalp infection |
title_full | Rare presentation of sepsis caused by necrotizing scalp infection |
title_fullStr | Rare presentation of sepsis caused by necrotizing scalp infection |
title_full_unstemmed | Rare presentation of sepsis caused by necrotizing scalp infection |
title_short | Rare presentation of sepsis caused by necrotizing scalp infection |
title_sort | rare presentation of sepsis caused by necrotizing scalp infection |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7078591/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32206295 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa024 |
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