Key result
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus can cause disseminated infection resulting in purulent pericarditis with tamponade and panophthalmitis in an immunocompetent adult.
Highlights the rare presentation of purulent pericarditis with tamponade due to disseminated community-acquired MRSA in an immunocompetent adult.
May warrant consideration of community-acquired MRSA in immunocompetent adults with purulent pericarditis and tamponade; leaves open questions on incidence and management.
Purulent pericarditis resulting from community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is rare in immunocompetent adults. Here, we present the case of disseminated MRSA infection with origin in tibial osteomyelitis, resulting in bacteremia, purulent pericarditis with tamponade, and panophthalmitis in a previously healthy individual.
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Kaur et al. (2018) studied this question. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus can cause disseminated infection resulting in purulent pericarditis with tamponade and panophthalmitis in an immunocompetent adult.
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