MRSA Picture / Staph Infection (Hardin MD Super Site Sample)

Return to Hardin MD Staph Infection   |   Picture Gallery

This is a sample picture from DermAtlas, Johns Hopkins University.
Other DermAtlas pictures: Staph Infection

cellulitis rash
cellulitis rash
CDC Staph
CDC MRSA

staph infection

 

Diagnosis: Staphylococcal infection / Ecthyma / Ulcer / Staphylococcal infection, methicillin resistant

Comments: This 30-year-old man developed painful progressive red plaques, pustules, and punched out ulcers which failed to respond to oral cephalexin. Cultures subsequently grew methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and he was switched to oral clindamycin with a good response.

Category: infections and infestations / ulcer
Morphology: crust/eschar / ulcerated (erosion / ulcer) pustule
Organization: grouped, clustered
Pattern: acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)
Color: red / black Body Site: leg Age: 30 years
Gender: Male Image Year: 2004
Contributor: Susan M Rabizadeh, MD First Published: August 22, 2004
Description: 2-4 cm red plaques and deep punched out ulcers some with black eschars

Image & content, Copyright Dermatlas, Johns Hopkins University.

    

Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa
Please send comments to hardin-webmaster@uiowa.edu
The URL for this page is http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/Hardin/md/dermatlas/staph.html
Last updated Thursday, Mar 06, 2008 [staph infections pictures, staph infection in the skin, staph bacterial infection, staph infections, staff infection, staf infection, staf infections, mrsa staff infections, mrsa staph infection, mrsa infection, mrsa staph infection picture, picture of mrsa staph infection, mersa virus pictures]

 

eXTReMe Tracker 208289