Abstract

SOLAR SALAVERRI, Luis Alberto  and  MARCHENA BEQUER, Juan José. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection (CA-MRSA). Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2012, vol.84, n.3, pp.312-317. ISSN 0034-7531.

A one-year old patient with history of health problems, who developed Staphylococcus aureus-caused infection in the skin and soft tissues that led him to toxic shock, multiple organ failure and death. Methilline-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain was isolated in pulmonary tissue culture after death. This strain produced Panton-Valantine toxin called leukocidin as proved in molecular characterization. There was established the anatomic-pathological diagnosis of generalized sepsis and bilateral necrosing bronchopneumonia.

Keywords : community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; toxic shock syndrome; microorganism; antibiogram; bronchopneumonia.

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