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.
© 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
MeSH terms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
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Blister / diagnosis*
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Blister / drug therapy
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Blister / microbiology
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Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis
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Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
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Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology
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Drainage
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Female
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Fingers / microbiology*
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Hand Dermatoses / drug therapy
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Hand Dermatoses / microbiology*
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Humans
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Infant
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
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Staphylococcal Skin Infections / diagnosis*
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Staphylococcal Skin Infections / drug therapy
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Staphylococcal Skin Infections / microbiology
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Treatment Outcome
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Vancomycin / therapeutic use
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Vancomycin