TY - JOUR
T1 - Intramuscular injection abscess due to VRSA
T2 - A new health care challenge
AU - Sambandam, Senthil Nathan
AU - Rohinikumar, Ganeshkumar Jayasree
AU - Gul, Arif
AU - Mounasamy, Varatharaj
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 By The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Abscess formation following intramuscular injections is rare and they are most commonly seen in immunocompromised individuals. In this case series we present a cohort of three patients presented to us in a critically ill condition with an abscess due to intramuscular injection. Vancomycin resistant staphylococcus aureus was isolated from all three patients. These patients posed a major challenge to the healthcare system and the treating physician because of the: severity of illness, virulence and resistance of the organism, rarity of the situation, immune state of the patient, and lack of supporting evidence to properly guide management in the use of health resources. To the best of our knowledge, there is no report available in the English literature on vancomycin resistant staphylococcus aureus associated with intramuscular injection abscess.
AB - Abscess formation following intramuscular injections is rare and they are most commonly seen in immunocompromised individuals. In this case series we present a cohort of three patients presented to us in a critically ill condition with an abscess due to intramuscular injection. Vancomycin resistant staphylococcus aureus was isolated from all three patients. These patients posed a major challenge to the healthcare system and the treating physician because of the: severity of illness, virulence and resistance of the organism, rarity of the situation, immune state of the patient, and lack of supporting evidence to properly guide management in the use of health resources. To the best of our knowledge, there is no report available in the English literature on vancomycin resistant staphylococcus aureus associated with intramuscular injection abscess.
KW - Immunocompromised patients
KW - Intramuscular injection
KW - VRSA
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85006282605
SN - 2345-4644
VL - 4
SP - 277
EP - 281
JO - Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery
JF - Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery
IS - 3
ER -