Cavernous sinus thrombosis due to invasive community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2010 Dec;28(10):755-6. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2009.12.012. Epub 2010 Apr 24.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Abducens Nerve Diseases / etiology
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology
  • Bacteremia / complications
  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics
  • Blepharoptosis / etiology
  • Carotid Artery, Internal
  • Carrier State
  • Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Child
  • Colombia / ethnology
  • Community-Acquired Infections / complications*
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / etiology
  • Exotoxins / genetics
  • Family Health
  • Female
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / etiology
  • Humans
  • Leukocidins / genetics
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Spain
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications*

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Exotoxins
  • Leukocidins
  • Panton-Valentine leukocidin