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Post-COVID-19 Infection With Meticillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) Bacteremia, Discitis/Osteomyelitis,
Michael Qiu1,2, Deepthi Jayasekara3,2, Arindra Jayasekara4
1Internal Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA.
Abstract:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been associated with a plethora of symptoms weeks after the acute infection. While many reports have investigated the novel syndrome of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, fewer studies have examined post-COVID-19 secondary infections, which may be distinct from typical post-viral bacterial infections due to the multiorgan involvement of COVID-19. This case report aims to highlight a presentation in which a 65-year-old man had COVID-19 and subsequently developed methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia with widespread seeding of secondary infections, including abscesses in the hand and paravertebral regions as well as discitis/osteomyelitis of the cervical spine. Further studies are needed to investigate whether an increased susceptibility to unusual secondary bacterial infections is present in post-COVID-19 patients.
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