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A 12 year old boy was admitted to hospital with fever, general malaise, cough and peripheral edema. The patient who have had rheumatic heart diseases-mitral insufficiency was found to be in congestive cardiac failure. In blood cultures Staphylococcus aureus and Alpha-hemolytic streptococcus grew. The regimens of Cephalothin-Gentamicin, Methicillin-Tobramicin, to which the organism were sensitive were given intravenously. On these therapy the patient continued to have fever. He was put on Trimethoprim-Sulfomethoxazole intramuscularly. He became afebril for the first time. After two weeks fever recurred. In spite of medical treatment, the infection persisted and the indication for surgery was considered. Mitral valve replacement with a Starr-Edwards prosthesis was carried out. Postoperatively, the patient was treated with TMP-SMZ. For the past 10 months the patient has remained afebril and without evidence of congestive heart failure.
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PMID:[Treatment of infectious endocarditis with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and cardiac surgery]. 349 82

In January 1999, an outbreak of type A(H3N2) influenza occurred in a psychiatric hospital. Among 273 inpatients, 59 male and 40 female patients, age between 24-84 year old, developed high fever(38 degrees C), joint pain, cough and nasal discharge, and eleven male and one female patients died. In that hospital, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA), with production of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) and staphylococcal enterotoxin(SE) type C(SEC), were isolated from inpatients, medical stuffs and hospital environments. Under investigation, a 59-year-old male inpatient developed respiratory failure following influenza infection. The titer of serum TSST-1 antibody and SEC antibody of this patient was significantly elevated in his clinical course. It is highly suspected that influenza outbreak occurred among MRSA carriers and TSS was complicated with fatal cases.
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PMID:[Toxic shock syndrome complicating influenza]. 1122 27

A 15-year-old boy reported to the Accident and Emergency Department with excessive coughing, shortness of breath and pain in the area of his left shoulder blade. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was cultured from his sputum. The boy was otherwise healthy, and had no immune deficiency or underlying anatomic abnormality. He probably contracted the MRSA infection at the international school he attends.
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PMID:[A boy with a cough and shoulder pain]. 2344 55

The aim of the study was to analyze epidemiological and microbiological aspects of oral colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus of health care workers in a cancer hospital. Interview and saliva sampling were performed with 149 health care workers. Antimicrobial resistance was determined by disk diffusion and minimum inhibitory concentration. Polymerase Chain Reaction, Internal Transcribed Spacer-Polymerase Chain Reaction and Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis were performed for genotypic characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus. Risk factors were determined by logistic regression. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus colonization prevalence was 19.5%, denture wearing (p = 0.03), habit of nail biting (p = 0.04) and preparation and administration of antimicrobial (p = 0.04) were risk factors identified. All methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus were S. epidermidis, 94.4% of them had mecA gene. Closely related and indistinguishable methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis were detected. These results highlight that HCWs which have contact with patient at high risk for developing infections were identified as colonized by MRSE in the oral cavity, reinforcing this cavity as a reservoir of these bacteria and the risk to themselves and patients safety, because these microorganisms may be spread by coughing and talking.
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PMID:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus sp. colonizing health care workers of a cancer hospital. 2547 10

We report the case of a 88 years old patient with cough and new onset confusion. Delirium was caused by a necrotizing Methicillin-sensible staphylococcus aureus pneumonia with bacteremia. Despite antibiotic therapy for several weeks and fall of inflammatory markers the patient died from consequences of delirium.
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PMID:[Community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly]. 2707 31