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Neonatal disseminated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus presenting as orbital cellulitis.

Anari S, Karagama YG, Fulton B, Wilson JA

Department of Otolaryngology, the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK. sssanari@yahoo.co.uk

Orbital cellulitis and abscess are known complications of ethmoiditis in children, but they are very rare in the newborn. The authors report a case of orbital abscess caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a four-week-old neonate born four weeks prematurely.

Published 5 April 2005 in J Laryngol Otol, 119(1): 64-7.
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