Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing orbital cellulitis in Australian children

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Nov;30(11):1003-6. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318224fda5.

Abstract

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has only emerged recently as a cause of serious ocular infections in several different countries. At a tertiary pediatric hospital in Brisbane, Australia, community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus orbital cellulitis was first noted in 2009. Since then, it has caused 4 of 9 such infections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Australia
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Community-Acquired Infections / complications
  • Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
  • Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology
  • Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • Orbit / drug effects
  • Orbit / microbiology*
  • Orbit / pathology
  • Orbital Cellulitis / drug therapy
  • Orbital Cellulitis / epidemiology
  • Orbital Cellulitis / etiology
  • Orbital Cellulitis / microbiology*
  • Orbital Cellulitis / pathology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / pathology
  • Vancomycin / administration & dosage
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Vancomycin