Bilateral Blindness From Orbital Cellulitis Caused by Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Rutar, Tina; Zwick, Orin M.; Cockerham, Kimberly P.; Horton, Jonathan C.

doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2005.03.076

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“…Many outbreaks have been reported in jails and prisons (136,138,918), and in many urban jails, MRSA has become an endemic pathogen and the predominant etiology of cultured SSTIs (39,215,703,888). There have also been many case reports of detainees and recently released prisoners with MRSA infections (241,299,789,832,835,941,1021). Molecular evidence has linked the MRSA isolates from correctional facilities to local CA-MRSA strains (140,215,703,918).…”

Section: Incarcerated Populationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community-Associated Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus: Epidemiology and Clinical Consequences of an Emerging Epidemic

2010

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SUMMARY Staphylococcus aureus is an important cause of skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs), endovascular infections, pneumonia, septic arthritis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, foreign-body infections, and sepsis. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates were once confined largely to hospitals, other health care environments, and patients frequenting these facilities. Since the mid-1990s, however, there has been an explosion in the number of MRSA infections reported in populations lacking risk factors for exposure to the health care system. This increase in the incidence of MRSA infection has been associated with the recognition of new MRSA clones known as community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA). CA-MRSA strains differ from the older, health care-associated MRSA strains; they infect a different group of patients, they cause different clinical syndromes, they differ in antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, they spread rapidly among healthy people in the community, and they frequently cause infections in health care environments as well. This review details what is known about the epidemiology of CA-MRSA strains and the clinical spectrum of infectious syndromes associated with them that ranges from a commensal state to severe, overwhelming infection. It also addresses the therapy of these infections and strategies for their prevention.

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Section: Incarcerated Populationsmentioning

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Community-Associated Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus: Epidemiology and Clinical Consequences of an Emerging Epidemic

2010

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“…For certain authors, the staphylococcus aureus, the streptococcus, anaerobes are most often responsible for orbital complications [21] [22]. For most authors, the common causative organism of carvenous sinus thrombosis is staphylococcus aureus [12] [22]. And the progression towards irreversible blindness is possible in case of methi-resistent staphylococcus aureus [22].…”

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“…However, the increasing resistances to antibiotic treatment in the first intention must be evoked primarily [3] [14] [15]. For certain authors, the staphylococcus aureus, the streptococcus, anaerobes are most often responsible for orbital complications [21] [22]. For most authors, the common causative organism of carvenous sinus thrombosis is staphylococcus aureus [12] [22].…”

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Oculo Orbital Complications of Sinusitis

Otmani¹,

Serheir²,

Sami³

et al. 2016

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The ocular-orbital complications of sinusitis constitute a diagnostic and therapeutic urgency that requires a correct multidisciplinary assumption. Objectives: The description of clinical and therapeutic data of the orbital complications of acute sinusitis. Methods: Our work is based on a retrospective study of 86 cases of ocular-orbital complications of sinusitis hospitalized at the ENTdepartment of Hassan II Hospital in Fes (Morocco), between the years of 2006 and 2014. Results: It is about 56 men and 30 women. The average age was 24 years, with the extremes of 3 years and 65 years. The average time of consultation was 13 dates. The achievement was frontal-ethmoido in 26 cases, and it is about a pan sinusitis in 24 cases. About 13% and 7% of cases were classified respectively in the stage III and the stage IV of chandler. The surgery was done for 24 cases. Bacteriological sample was performed among 24 patients and allowed to isolate a streptococcus (3.5%), and a staphylococcus (5.8%), and a poly microbial flora for 15.1% of patients. A death in sepsis panel was noted for a patient who presented a thrombosis of cavernous sinus. And we have noted a persistent left exophthalmia without the diminution of visual acuity for another patient. Conclusion: The orbital complications of sinusitis require a multi-disciplinary medical approach associated to ear specialist, ophthalmologist, and neuro-radiology. A precocious diagnosis, an appropriate anti-biotic therapy, and sometimes an associated surgical treatment, can significantly diminish the mortality and the morbidity related to this pathology.

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“…Ocular infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains, which are clinically serious and difficult to treat, have been reported (18,(27)(28)(29)(30)34). The prevalence of levofloxacin (LVX) resistance in MRSA strains isolated from patients with ocular infections is 80 to 90% in Japan and the United States (12,14,17).…”

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Postantibiotic Effects and Bactericidal Activities of Levofloxacin and Gatifloxacin at Concentrations Simulating Those of Topical Ophthalmic Administration against Fluoroquinolone-Resistant and Fluoroquinolone-Sensitive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains

Hoshi

Kikuchi

Sasaki

et al. 2008

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

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The bactericidal activities and postantibiotic effects (PAEs) of levofloxacin and gatifloxacin at concentrations corresponding to those in antibiotic eye drops against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains were determined. Levofloxacin and gatifloxacin at concentrations simulating those in eye drops showed lower bactericidal activities and shorter PAEs against fluoroquinolone-resistant strains than against fluoroquinolone-sensitive strains.

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Bilateral Blindness From Orbital Cellulitis Caused by Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Cited by 66 publications

References 3 publications

Community-Associated Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus: Epidemiology and Clinical Consequences of an Emerging Epidemic

Community-Associated Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus: Epidemiology and Clinical Consequences of an Emerging Epidemic

Oculo Orbital Complications of Sinusitis

Postantibiotic Effects and Bactericidal Activities of Levofloxacin and Gatifloxacin at Concentrations Simulating Those of Topical Ophthalmic Administration against Fluoroquinolone-Resistant and Fluoroquinolone-Sensitive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains

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