Cluster of Staphylococcus aureus and dengue co-infection in Singapore
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
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: 847-850, 2007.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>INTRODUCTION</b>Singapore saw a resurgence of dengue infections in 2005. Concurrent bacterial co-infections in dengue is rare.</p><p><b>CLINICAL PICTURE</b>We report a cluster of serious methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteraemia or severe soft tissue infection in 5 epidemiologically linked construction workers presenting with dengue and non-resolving fever.</p><p><b>TREATMENT</b>Surgical intervention was indicated in 4 of the 5 patients despite appropriate antistaphylococcal therapy.</p><p><b>OUTCOME</b>All but 1 patient were eventually discharged. Clonality and Panton-Valentine leucocidin genes were not demonstrated. Epidemiological investigations suggested that occupational contact dermatitis could have predisposed the patients to this opportunistic co-infection.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Clinicians need to be vigilant to unusual manifestations of dengue which may signal a concomitant aetiology.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pharmacology
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Singapore
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Staphylococcal Infections
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Therapeutics
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Staphylococcal Skin Infections
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Cluster Analysis
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Epidemiology
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Soft Tissue Infections
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Dengue
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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