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Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in association with chronic dacryocystitis secondary to congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.

Kodsi S

Department of Ophthalmology, North Shore University-Long Island Jewish Department of Ophthalmology, Great Neck, New York.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged as an important pathogen responsible for serious ocular and systemic disease. MRSA has been reported to occur in dacryocystitis in the adult population. This is the first case report of community-acquired MRSA in the pediatric population in association with chronic dacryocystitis secondary to congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction in an infant.

Published 25 December 2006 in J AAPOS, 10(6): 583-4.
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