MRSA with progression from otitis media and sphenoid sinusitis to clival osteomyelitis, pachymeningitis and abducens nerve palsy in an immunocompetent 10-year-old patient.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
; 72(7): 945-51, 2008 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-18472169
ABSTRACT
A previously healthy 10-year-old patient with headache, otalgia, and hearing loss was diagnosed with pachymeningitis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus otitis media and bacteremia. Despite antimicrobial therapy, intracranial extension progressed, including clival osteomyelitis, sphenoid sinusitis, cavernous sinus inflammation and cranial nerve palsies, until the sphenoid sinus was drained. This case exemplifies an aggressive MRSA intracranial infection that advanced despite antibiotic therapy.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
3_ND
Problema de salud:
3_neglected_diseases
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3_zoonosis
Asunto principal:
Osteomielitis
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Otitis Media
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Infecciones Estafilocócicas
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Sinusitis del Esfenoides
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Resistencia a la Meticilina
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Enfermedades del Nervio Abducens
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Meningitis
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Límite:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos