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Neonatal disseminated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus presenting as orbital cellulitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Shahram Anari ,
Yakubu G Karagama ,
Barbara Fulton  and
Janet A Wilson
Shahram Anari
Affiliation:
Newcastle General Hospital, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Yakubu G Karagama
Affiliation:
Newcastle General Hospital, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Barbara Fulton
Affiliation:
the Departments of Otolaryngology, the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle and Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Janet A Wilson
Affiliation:
Newcastle General Hospital, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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Abstract

Orbital cellulitis and abscess are known complications of ethmoiditis in children, but they are very rare in the newborn. The authors report a case of orbital abscess caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a four-week-old neonate born four weeks prematurely.

Keywords

Orbital DiseasesAbscessStaphylococcal InfectionsMethicillin ResistanceEthmoid SinusitisInfant, Newborn
Type
Book Review
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 119 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 64 - 67
Copyright
© 2005 Royal Society of Medicine Press

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