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JOURNAL OF PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY
卷 64, 期 11, 页码 1522-1524出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.03.041
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Neonatal; Necrotising fasciitis; MSSA; Panton Valentine Leukocidin
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Neonatal necrotising fasciitis is very rare in comparison to the adult presentation of the disease and a Plastic Surgeon may only encounter one such case during his or her career. Often this is initially misdiagnosed and managed as simple cellulitis. (1-3) It generally affects previously healthy babies, the site is often the lower back area and a history of minor skin trauma may be elicited. (2, 4-6) The causative organism is usually Streptococcus or polymicrobial, as is the case in the adult population. We present the case of a previously healthy 11-day-old infant with idiopathic, rapidly progressive necrotising fasciitis of the back, cause by Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) infection. The strain was isolated and found to encode the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin genes, which have been associated with particularly severe necrotising infections in other sites, with high mortality.(7) These strains are the subject of specific treatment and eradication guidance in the UK7 but awareness of this and the importance of obtaining detailed culture typing is likely to be low amongst Plastic Surgeons. (C) 2011 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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