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Editor, Senior Moderator
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
. 2020 Jun 22;53:e20200050.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0050-2020. eCollection 2020.
Case Report of a Child With Influenza and Fatal Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Sepsis
Bruno Cruz Boettger[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Thais Freitas Teles Rezende[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nathalia Bibiana Teixeira[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Antonio Carlos Campos Pignatari[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Carlos Roberto Veiga Kiffer[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Abstract
In the present study, we report the incidence of septic shock syndrome associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a child who initially presented influenza-like illness and developed septic shock shortly after 48 h of hospitalization, and eventually died within a few hours of the onset of sepsis. S. aureus isolated from the blood culture was characterized as the community-associated strain carrying the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type IV element. Therefore, it is important to better understand the community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections and their potential association with influenza for early diagnosis and successful treatment of this fatal disease.
. 2020 Jun 22;53:e20200050.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0050-2020. eCollection 2020.
Case Report of a Child With Influenza and Fatal Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Sepsis
Bruno Cruz Boettger[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Thais Freitas Teles Rezende[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nathalia Bibiana Teixeira[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Antonio Carlos Campos Pignatari[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Carlos Roberto Veiga Kiffer[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 32578711
- DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0050-2020
Abstract
In the present study, we report the incidence of septic shock syndrome associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a child who initially presented influenza-like illness and developed septic shock shortly after 48 h of hospitalization, and eventually died within a few hours of the onset of sepsis. S. aureus isolated from the blood culture was characterized as the community-associated strain carrying the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type IV element. Therefore, it is important to better understand the community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections and their potential association with influenza for early diagnosis and successful treatment of this fatal disease.