Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Septic Internal Jugular Thrombophlebitis: A Case Report
Daniel Kowalczyk, George Ubiñas · 2026
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Description
Daniel Kowalczyk and George Ubiñas published a case report in twenty twenty-six on septic internal jugular thrombophlebitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The classic form, Lemierre syndrome, follows a throat infection and is usually caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum. This patient's infection took a different route and a different germ.
The forty-two-year-old man developed worsening neck pain without any injury. Doctors found MRSA in his blood, infected clots in the veins of his skull base, bone infection there, and inflammation behind the ear. The authors use the case to warn that community-acquired MRSA is an emerging cause of this dangerous clotting infection, not only the classic throat bacterium.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Daniel Kowalczyk, George Ubiñas |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |