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Complicated adult epiglottitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Young LS, Price CS

Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA; Greater Denver Infectious Diseases, Denver, CO, USA; Denver Health Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver, CO, USA.

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is emerging as an important pathogen. However, MRSA rarely causes epiglottitis. We report an adult with epiglottitis due to a CA-MRSA isolate of the USA300 lineage with Panton-Valentine leukocidin. Maintaining vigilance for CA-MRSA as a cause of an expanding spectrum of severe infections is warranted.

Published 5 November 2007 in Am J Otolaryngol, 28(6): 441-443.
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