Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome with persistent vertebral osteomyelitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

San S. Wong; Peter R. Smith; Asim Ayaz; Douglas Sepkowitz

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2014.02.002

IDCases (Jan 2014)

Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome with persistent vertebral osteomyelitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

San S. Wong,
Peter R. Smith,
Asim Ayaz,
Douglas Sepkowitz

Affiliations

San S. Wong: Division of Infectious Diseases, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Peter R. Smith: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Asim Ayaz: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Douglas Sepkowitz: Division of Infectious Diseases, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.02.002
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 12 – 13

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We report a case of vertebral osteomyelitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with a slowly progressive, relatively asymptomatic course in a young woman with suspected hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome (Job's syndrome).

Published in IDCases

ISSN: 2214-2509 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/idcases/

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