Severe necrotizing fasciitis in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a rarely reported cause of necrotizing fasciitis. We report an unusually severe case of MRSA necrotizing fasciitis in a previously undiagnosed AIDS patient. Molecular analysis revealed that the strain had the USA300/spa1 genotype, now an abundant cause of community-acquired MRSA infection.

publication date

  • January 16, 2008

Research

keywords

  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing
  • HIV Seropositivity
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Staphylococcal Infections
  • Staphylococcus aureus

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2268334

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 40749125722

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1128/JCM.02029-07

PubMed ID

  • 18199782

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 46

issue

  • 3