Delayed disseminated Staphylococcus aureus infection following chickenpox

R J Raja Lope; A R Goldstein; J W Gray

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00373.x

Delayed disseminated Staphylococcus aureus infection following chickenpox

J Paediatr Child Health. 2004 May-Jun;40(5-6):320-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00373.x.

Authors

R J Raja Lope¹, A R Goldstein, J W Gray

Affiliation

¹ Department of Paediatrics, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Ladywood Middleway, Birmingham. UK. [email protected]

PMID: 15151591
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00373.x

Abstract

Chickenpox is generally a benign childhood disease. Bacterial superinfection is the commonest complication, and can be severe and life-threatening. We describe a 15-year-old boy with disseminated Staphylococcus aureus infection following chickenpox.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Chickenpox / complications*
Humans
Male
Penicillin G / therapeutic use
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections / etiology
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Penicillin G