Concurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septicemia and pyomyositis in a patient with dengue hemorrhagic fever: a case report

Concurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septicemia and pyomyositis in a patient with dengue hemorrhagic fever: a case report

Abstract Background Concurrent presence of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), tropical pyomyositis and septicemia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a previously healthy person has never been reported. These three conditions even individually are potentially fatal. “Here we de...

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Main Authors: N. D. B. Ehelepola, R. K. G. M. Rajapaksha, D. M. U. B. Dhanapala, T. D. K. Thennekoon, S. Ponnamperuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Dengue
Dengue Hemorrhgic fever
Tropical pyomyositis
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Septicemia
Sri Lanka
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3012-1

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