Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pyomyositis with myelitis: A rare occurrence with diverse presentation

Neurology India

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 653-655

  Kulkarni, Girish Baburao ^a   Pal, P K ^a   Kumari, H B Veena ^a   Goyal, M ^a   Kovoor, J M E ^a   Nadig, Savitha ^b   Arakere, Gayathri ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b Sir Dorabji Tata Centre for Research in Tropical Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

Community acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA septicemia; Myelitis; Osteomyelitis; Pyomyositis; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATINE KINASE; METRONIDAZOLE; RECOMBINASE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYOMYOSITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MYELITIS; PYOMYOSITIS; SPINAL CORD; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72849152249     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.57809     Document Type: Article

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