We report an unusual case of serious, multifocal, invasive infection due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in a 10-year-old girl with favorable outcome. The child manifested femoral osteomyelitis, pyomyositis, deep femoral vein thrombosis, pneumonia, encephalopathy, and disturbances of almost all organs. She remained in a critical condition for a week. Fever persisted for 6 weeks and acute phase reactants remained increased for 6 months, necessitating a 7-month antistaphylococcal therapy with a glycopeptide and clindamycin. This led to resolution of infection-associated problems during the subsequent 36 months of follow-up. CA-MRSA strain isolated from the patient harbored both staphylococcal chromosomal cassette type IV (SCCmec type IV) and Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes. A literature review of serious CA-MRSA infections indicated that only a small minority of published cases had favorable outcome.
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