Neonatal necrotising fasciitis following superficial skin infection with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

J Paediatr Child Health. 2011 Dec;47(12):918-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01732.x. Epub 2010 Jun 28.

Authors

Tony Walls¹, Gary Williams, Susan Adams, Ella Sugo, Des Mulcahy

Affiliation

¹ Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, Australia. tony.walls@otago.ac.nz

PMID: 20604827
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01732.x

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Wall / diagnostic imaging
Abdominal Wall / microbiology
Community-Acquired Infections*
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / drug therapy
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / etiology*
Fasciitis, Necrotizing / physiopathology
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Staphylococcal Skin Infections / complications*
Staphylococcal Skin Infections / drug therapy
Ultrasonography