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Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of Fournier's gangrene.

Medical Service, Section of Infectious Diseases, VA Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, USA.
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences (impact factor: 1.39). 05/2008; 335(4):327-8. DOI:10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318142b7b9 pp.327-8
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ABSTRACT Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has become an important pathogen in aggressive skin and soft-tissue infections in patients without risk factors for nosocomial infections. We describe a case of a previously healthy adult who developed fulminant sepsis from Fournier's gangrene caused by a strain of CA-MRSA containing the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes.

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Keywords

aggressive skin
 
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
 
Fournier's gangrene
 
healthy adult
 
nosocomial infections
 
risk factors