Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CAMRSA) - A rare cause of fulminant orbital cellulitis

Orbit

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 179-181

  Shome, Debraj ^a,b   Jain, Vandana ^a   Natarajan, Sundaram ^a   Agrawal, Shyam ^c   Shah, Kiran ^a  

^a ADITYA JYOT EYE HOSPITAL PVT LTD   (India)

^b TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^c Sanjeevani Eye Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Abscess drainage; Community acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Orbital cellulitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER EYELID; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ABSCESS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL CELLULITIS; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45749114159     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: 17445108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01676830701549116     Document Type: Article

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