Pott's puffy tumor in a premature neonate: the new youngest case reported in the post-antibiotic era.

Abstract

An extreme premature infant born at 25 weeks post menstrual age (PMA) presented at PMA of 32 weeks with non-multiresistant methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Pott's puffy tumor (PPT) involving both orbital and intracranial extension is described here. This is the youngest case of PPT ever reported in the antibiotic era.

• Authors: Sean Cheng, Phung Vu
• Journal: Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (Orbit) Vol. 28 Issue 6 Pg. 412-4 ( 2009) ISSN: 1744-5108 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 19929672 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Clindamycin

Topics

• Abscess (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Clindamycin (therapeutic use)
• Drainage (methods)
• Frontal Sinusitis (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
• Gestational Age
• Humans
• Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight
• Infant, Newborn
• Infant, Premature
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (isolation & purification)
• Orbital Diseases (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
• Osteomyelitis (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
• Staphylococcal Infections (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed