Destructive otomastoiditis by MRSA from porcine origin. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A 63-year-old female pig farmer was referred to our department with a protracted course of otomastoiditis with destruction of the tympanic roof and cerebrospinal fluid leakage. The patient underwent a cortical mastoidectomy with closure of a large dural defect. Cultures of the middle ear effusion yielded a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which upon further analysis was found to be from porcine origin. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a complicated case of otomastoiditis caused by a pig-type MRSA.

publication date

  • January 1, 2009

Research

keywords

  • Agricultural Workers' Diseases
  • Mastoiditis
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  • Staphylococcal Infections

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 63249114403

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1002/lary.20030

PubMed ID

  • 19117307

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 119

issue

  • 1