Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus hepatic abscess in a patient with sickle-cell disease |
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Authors: | Mancao M Estrada B Wilson F Figarola M Wesenberg R |
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Institution: | Department of Pediatrics, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL 36604, USA. mmancao@usouthal.edu |
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Abstract: | We report a case of a 16-year-old female patient with sickle-cell disease with a liver abscess secondary to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). She had initially presented with jaundice and abdominal pain and subsequently underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreaticography followed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy for removal of gallstones. However, post-cholecystectomy she presented with generalized abdominal pain and computed tomography scan of the abdomen revealed a liver abscess. A pigtail catheter was inserted into the abscess and culture of the aspirate yielded MRSA (susceptibility pattern of the organism was compatible with community-acquired MRSA). She was treated with intravenous clindamycin for 6 weeks with complete resolution of the abscess. |
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Keywords: | Hepatic abscess community‐acquired methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus sickle‐cell disease |
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