Cluster of Staphylococcus aureus and dengue co-infection in Singapore
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
;
: 847-850, 2007.
Artigo
em Inglês
| 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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Índice:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Farmacologia
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Singapura
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Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Terapêutica
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Infecções Cutâneas Estafilocócicas
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Análise por Conglomerados
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Epidemiologia
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Infecções dos Tecidos Moles
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Dengue
Limite:
Adulto
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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