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Subcutaneous Infection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus MRSA
Published on: February 9, 2011
Staphylococcus lugdunensis gluteal abscess in a patient with end stage renal disease on hemodialysis
Mansoor Mehmood1, Faisal A Khasawneh1
1Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University, Health Sciences Center , Amarillo, TX, USA.
Abstract:
A 57-year-old end stage renal disease patient on hemodialysis (HD) presented with sepsis secondary to right buttock abscess and overlying cellulitis. She was started on broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy and underwent incision and drainage with marked improvement. Her cultures grew methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus lugdunensis. This bacterium is more virulent than other coagulase negative staphylococci and has been implicated in causing a variety of serious infections but it has been underreported as a cause of skin infections in HD patients and possible other patient populations.
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