| Title |
‘Lost in Nasal Space’: Staphylococcus aureus sepsis associated with Nasal Handkerchief Packing
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Infection, September 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s15010-018-1221-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Philipp Koehler, Norma Jung, Matthias Kochanek, Philipp Lohneis, Alexander Shimabukuro-Vornhagen, Boris Böll |
| Abstract |
Staphylococcus aureus frequently causes infections in outpatient and hospital settings and can present as a highly variable entity. Typical manifestations are endocarditis, osteoarticular infections or infection of implanted prostheses, intravascular devices or foreign bodies. A thorough diagnostic evaluation with early focus identification is mandatory to improve patient outcome. We report a case of a 68-year old patient with a history of double allogeneic stem cell transplant for acute myeloid leukemia who developed a S. aureus bacteremia with dissemination, severe sepsis and lethal outcome due to nasal handkerchief packing after nose bleeding. A thorough medical examination with further diagnostic work-up is most important in S. aureus blood stream infection to identify and eradicate the portal(s) of entry, to rule out endocarditis, to search for spinal abscesses, osteomyelitis or spondylodiscitis. Adherence to management guides for clinicians must be of major importance to achieve optimal quality of clinical care, and thus improve patient outcome. |
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| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
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| Unknown | 40 | 100% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 10% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 5% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 15% |
| Unknown | 17 | 43% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 28% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 3% |
| Psychology | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 20 | 50% |
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