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Multifocal pelvic abscesses and osteomyelitis from community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a 17-year-old basketball player.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Mar 2008
Okubo Takeshi, Yabe Shizuka, Otsuka Taketo, Takizawa Yoko, Takano Tomomi, Dohmae Soshi, Higuchi Wataru, Tsukada Hiroki, Gejyo Fumitake, Uchiyama Makoto, Yamamoto Tatsuo
Abstract excerpt
A 17-year-old female basketball player suffered from cutaneous abscesses, which complicated into a systemic progression to osteomyelitis and simultaneous iliopsoas and piriformis abscesses, adjacent to the sacroiliac joint. The causative agent was community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with multilocus sequence type 30, spa19, and SCCmecIVc. The clinical importance of this genotype is...
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