Abstract
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a virulent organism that has seen a rapid increase in prevalence. Community associated methicillin resistant S. aureus is discussed frequently in the infectious disease community. However, there has been little mention of this entity in the urological literature. We reviewed the records of patients presenting with skin/soft tissue infections or documented methicillin resistant S. aureus infection treated at an academic pediatric urology practice between October 2004 and August 2006. A total of 12 patients were included (33% female, 67% male). Mean patient age was 49 months (range 8 to 202). Of the patients 11 (92%) presented with spontaneous infection and 1 (8%) presented with a wound infection. Abscess location was inguinal in 4 patients (33%), scrotal in 3 (25%), perineal in 2 (17%), perinephric in 2 (17%) and labial in 1 (8%). The most common presenting sign at referral was fluctuance (30%). While all patients eventually required surgical drainage, initial treatment by the primary care physician consisted of observation on oral antibiotics in 7 patients (58%). A total of 10 cultures (83%) revealed methicillin resistant S. aureus and 2 cultures (17%) were negative. Mean hospital ...Continue Reading
References
Sep 1, 1988·The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy·R L HillM W Casewell
Dec 1, 1985·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy·M T CafferkeyC T Keane
Mar 4, 1999·Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America·S TorvaldsenT V Riley
Sep 5, 2001·The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy·R A VeneziaE M Graffunder
Aug 17, 2002·The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal·Arthur L FrankJohn P Quinn
Nov 7, 2002·MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report·UNKNOWN Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
May 3, 2003·International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents·Mine Hosgör LimoncuGönül Dinç
Nov 14, 2003·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·Lona ModySuzanne F Bradley
Dec 4, 2003·American Journal of Infection Control·UNKNOWN NNIS System
Dec 11, 2003·JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association·Timothy S NaimiRuth Lynfield
Dec 18, 2003·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·Daniel J DiekemaBradley N Doebbeling
Feb 16, 2005·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·Stan Deresinski
Mar 16, 2005·Pharmacotherapy·Shellee A GrimMartin E Evans
Apr 9, 2005·The New England Journal of Medicine·Scott K FridkinUNKNOWN Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Program of the Emerging Infections Program Network
Apr 22, 2005·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·Jorg J RuheAnupama Menon
Nov 1, 2005·Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases·Michael W Ellis, James S Lewis
Mar 2, 2006·The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy·Curtis G GemmellUNKNOWN Joint Working Party of the British Society for Joint Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Ho
Feb 14, 2007·The Journal of Urology·Carmin M Kalorin, Ellis H Tobin
Citations
Aug 7, 2012·World Journal of Urology·Stefan HeidlerStephan Madersbacher
Oct 29, 2011·BMC Pediatrics·Alexis C McCulloughDeepa Mukundan
Feb 24, 2009·The Journal of Urology·Jonathan C RouthThomas G Boyce
Aug 20, 2008·The Journal of Urology·Angela L AltStephen A Kramer
Mar 5, 2013·The Journal of Urology·Naveen DivakaruniCourtney M P Hollowell
Aug 14, 2012·Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease·Demetrius L Woods, Kaytan V Amrute
Feb 20, 2009·Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery