Abstract

CHOAPPA, Rodrigo Mauricio Cruz; VARGAS, Miranda Andrea Ocara  and  SCHAPER, Cesar Rodolfo Haro. Family outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pyodermitis acquired in the community. CES Med. [online]. 2021, vol.35, n.2, pp.126-134.  Epub Feb 09, 2022. ISSN 0120-8705.  https://doi.org/10.21615/cesmedicina.6085.

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections are becoming more frequent and should be suspected in cases of pyoderma or other necrotizing infections, both in children and adults without classic risk factors. A family outbreak of pyodermitis by Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection occurred in Valparaíso-Chile, which affected a twenty-six-year-old mother and her ten-year-old son, who had to be treated with a surgical toilet and cotrimoxazole forte, with good clinical response.

Keywords : Pyoderma; Staphylococcus aureus; Community; Outbreak..

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