Larval therapy for a leg ulcer with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Larval therapy for leg ulcers (VenUS II): randomised controlled trial

OBJECTIVE To compare the clinical effectiveness of larval therapy with a standard debridement technique (hydrogel) for sloughy or necrotic leg ulcers. DESIGN Pragmatic, three armed randomised controlled trial. SETTING Community nurse led services, hospital wards, and hospital outpatient leg ulcer clinics in urban and rural settings, United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS 267 patients with at least ...

Cross-contamination: Comparison of Nasal and Chronic Leg Ulcer Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from the Same Patient

The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of bacterial cross-contamination between the nasal cavity and leg ulcers. Sixteen patients were included in the study. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from the leg ulcer of 13 patients and 6 of these patients also harboured S. aureus in the nasal cavity. Klebsiella oxytoca was found in the ulcer and the nasal cavity of one patient. PFGE...

Antibiotic resistance patterns of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from chronic skin ulcer of patients in Kaduna state, Nigeria

The aim of this study is to investigate the antibiotic resistance patterns of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from out patients with chronic skin ulcer in four different hospitals in Kaduna state. A total number of 292 swab samples were collected from January 2012 to January 2013 and analyzed. MRSA isolates recovered were 14 (78 %) of the total number of Staphylococc...

Mixed pulmonary infection with Nocardia, Candida, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and group D Streptococcus species.

A 67-year-old man on prednisolone and azathioprine for ulcerative colitis, developed severe pneumonia due to Nocardia otitidis caviarum, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a group D Streptococcus and Candida albicans. The patient responded well to aggressive antimicrobial therapy.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in skin disease affects mainly elderly patients with eczema and leg ulcers who have associated chronic disease.