- Title
- Osteomyelitis: a case report
- Creator
- Puthiyaveetil, Sudheer Ahamed
- Relation
- Australian Family Physician Vol. 38, Issue 7, p. 521-523
- Relation
- http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/200907/32623
- Publisher
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- Background: Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection has classically been associated with institutional health care settings such as hospitals and nursing homes. Objective: This article presents a case of community acquired MRSA infection resulting in severe osteomyelitis of the humerus, followed by a brief discussion and literature review. Discussion: Over the past few years, more community acquired cases of MRSA have occurred. Methicillin resistant S. aureus usually infects skin and soft tissue. Occasionally, a life threatening infection occurs involving the blood, lungs, heart and bone.
- Subject
- osteomyelitis; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); institutional health care; infection
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/40641
- Identifier
- uon:4638
- Identifier
- ISSN:0300-8495
- Language
- eng
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