MRSA blistering distal dactylitis and review of reported cases

Pediatr Dermatol. 2011 Jul-Aug;28(4):433-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01312.x. Epub 2011 Mar 25.

Abstract

We describe a 6-month-old infant with blistering distal dactylitis. Bacterial culture from the skin lesion grew methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. No carriage of this bacterial agent was identified in her family. She responded to vancomycin administration and incision and drainage of the lesion. This is the first reported case of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus-associated blistering distal dactylitis in an infant.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Blister / diagnosis*
  • Blister / drug therapy
  • Blister / microbiology
  • Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis
  • Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
  • Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology
  • Drainage
  • Female
  • Fingers / microbiology*
  • Hand Dermatoses / drug therapy
  • Hand Dermatoses / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Staphylococcal Skin Infections / diagnosis*
  • Staphylococcal Skin Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Skin Infections / microbiology
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Vancomycin