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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus can cause pericarditis through hematogenous spread or direct invasion, highlighting the need to consider it in differential diagnosis.
Case Report (n=4)
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Community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus should be considered in the differential diagnosis of bacterial pericarditis.
Does not support empiric MRSA coverage in pericarditis; leaves open its true incidence and optimal management.
Community-associated bacterial pericarditis is rare, but 4 patients with pericardial involvement related to strains of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus presented to 2 hospitals in Alameda County from 2005 to 2009. One case likely resulted from hematogenous spread from a soft-tissue abscess, one from direct invasion from contiguous lung, and 2 from either hematogenous spread or spread from contiguous infection. Community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus needs to be considered in the differential diagnosis of pericarditis.
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REDWOOD et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pericarditis (n=4). Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection was evaluated on Pericarditis. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus can cause pericarditis through hematogenous spread or direct invasion, highlighting the need to consider it in differential diagnosis.
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