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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Pediatric Otitis
Felipe Santos, AB;
Leila A. Mankarious, MD;
Roland D. Eavey, MD
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000;126:1383-1385.
Background Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a potentially lethal organism in pediatric patients. MRSA is an uncommon otologic pathogen that requires special diagnostic and therapeutic intervention.
Methods Three pediatric patients with community-acquired MRSA otologic infections were identified during 1999.
Setting Tertiary care ear institution.
Results All patients required intravenous antibiotic therapy to achieve resolution of the infections.
Conclusions MRSA in children can be community acquired and can cause otitis externa, otitis media with otorrhea, or acute mastoiditis; intravenous therapy that includes vancomycin is necessary for resolution.
From the Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and the Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass (Mr Santos and Drs Mankarious, and Eavey). Mr Santos is now with Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.
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