TY - JOUR
T1 - Retropharyngeal Abscess Caused by Community-Acquired MRSA USA300 Clone in a 1-Year-Old Japanese Girl
AU - Ogawa, Eiki
AU - Shoji, Kensuke
AU - Uehara, Yuki
AU - Miyairi, Isao
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - We describe a domestic case of retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) in a child caused by a community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) isolate that was genetically proven to be the USA300 clone (sequence type [ST]8-SCCmec IVa-Panton-Valentine leukocidin [PVL]). USA300 generally has a PVL gene, an epidemiologic association with severe and recurrent skin and soft tissue infection, and is the leading cause of RPA in the United States. A 1-year-old previously healthy girl visited the emergency department with fever, sore throat, and a difficulty in moving her neck. The patient had no recent medical exposure or history of travel abroad. Enhanced computed tomography revealed a bulky low-density area with ring enhancement in the retropharyngeal and right parapharyngeal spaces. MRSA was isolated from pus obtained from surgical drainage, and antibiotics were continued for a total of 21 days. MRSA was analyzed by whole genome sequencing and compared with representative USA300 isolates. The strain was typed as ST8-t9829-SCCmec IVa with PVL and arginine catabolic mobile element, and its sequence was 99.8% identical to USA300 isolates. The present case supports the possibility that USA300 is potentially spreading in the Japanese community and raises the possibility of USA300 invasive infections without a clear route of infection.
AB - We describe a domestic case of retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) in a child caused by a community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) isolate that was genetically proven to be the USA300 clone (sequence type [ST]8-SCCmec IVa-Panton-Valentine leukocidin [PVL]). USA300 generally has a PVL gene, an epidemiologic association with severe and recurrent skin and soft tissue infection, and is the leading cause of RPA in the United States. A 1-year-old previously healthy girl visited the emergency department with fever, sore throat, and a difficulty in moving her neck. The patient had no recent medical exposure or history of travel abroad. Enhanced computed tomography revealed a bulky low-density area with ring enhancement in the retropharyngeal and right parapharyngeal spaces. MRSA was isolated from pus obtained from surgical drainage, and antibiotics were continued for a total of 21 days. MRSA was analyzed by whole genome sequencing and compared with representative USA300 isolates. The strain was typed as ST8-t9829-SCCmec IVa with PVL and arginine catabolic mobile element, and its sequence was 99.8% identical to USA300 isolates. The present case supports the possibility that USA300 is potentially spreading in the Japanese community and raises the possibility of USA300 invasive infections without a clear route of infection.
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U2 - 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2021.605
DO - 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2021.605
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 35095024
AN - SCOPUS:85134608851
SN - 1344-6304
VL - 75
SP - 403
EP - 406
JO - Japanese journal of infectious diseases
JF - Japanese journal of infectious diseases
IS - 4
ER -