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Staphylococcus aureus Infections in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit: Illustrated Cases

Staphylococcus aureus is known to be one of the most common gram-positive microorganisms and an important pathogen associated with sepsis and toxic shock. We present four anonymized consecutive cases in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) to illustrate the different clinical manifestations of st...

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Autores principales: Hon, Kam Lun, Fung, Ronald C. M., Leung, Karen K. Y., Leung, Alexander K. C., Hui, Wun Fung, Cheung, Wing Lum
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8195667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34150343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6661932
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author Hon, Kam Lun
Fung, Ronald C. M.
Leung, Karen K. Y.
Leung, Alexander K. C.
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description Staphylococcus aureus is known to be one of the most common gram-positive microorganisms and an important pathogen associated with sepsis and toxic shock. We present four anonymized consecutive cases in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) to illustrate the different clinical manifestations of staphylococcal infections, including local infection versus systemic infection, toxic shock versus septic shock, and osteomyelitis. Eczema, short gut syndrome, and scald injury may be associated. Haematologic and coagulopathic abnormalities may be present. Prompt diagnosis and use of appropriate antimicrobial treatments is essential to reducing mortality and morbidity associated with staphylococcal infections.
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spelling pubmed-81956672021-06-17 Staphylococcus aureus Infections in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit: Illustrated Cases Hon, Kam Lun Fung, Ronald C. M. Leung, Karen K. Y. Leung, Alexander K. C. Hui, Wun Fung Cheung, Wing Lum Case Rep Pediatr Case Series Staphylococcus aureus is known to be one of the most common gram-positive microorganisms and an important pathogen associated with sepsis and toxic shock. We present four anonymized consecutive cases in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) to illustrate the different clinical manifestations of staphylococcal infections, including local infection versus systemic infection, toxic shock versus septic shock, and osteomyelitis. Eczema, short gut syndrome, and scald injury may be associated. Haematologic and coagulopathic abnormalities may be present. Prompt diagnosis and use of appropriate antimicrobial treatments is essential to reducing mortality and morbidity associated with staphylococcal infections. Hindawi 2021-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8195667/ /pubmed/34150343 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6661932 Text en Copyright © 2021 Kam Lun Hon et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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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Staphylococcus aureus Infections in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit: Illustrated Cases
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