Cluster of Staphylococcus aureus and dengue co-infection in Singapore
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
;
: 847-850, 2007.
Artículo
en Inglés
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-348383
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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Asunto principal:
Farmacología
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Singapur
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Infecciones Estafilocócicas
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Terapéutica
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Infecciones Cutáneas Estafilocócicas
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Análisis por Conglomerados
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Epidemiología
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Infecciones de los Tejidos Blandos
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Dengue
Límite:
Adulto
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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