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Repair of an axillary non‐healing gunshot wound with MRSA strain infection in a cat
Author(s) -
Murgia Daniela
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
veterinary record case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2052-6121
DOI - 10.1136/vetreccr-2014-000161
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , gunshot wound , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcus aureus , wound healing , antibiotics , isolation (microbiology) , strain (injury) , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , genetics
The present report describes the successful use of a multimodal approach for the treatment of a chronic axillary non‐healing gunshot wound infected with a meticillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain in a cat. Isolation from the contamination source, confinement, antibiotics and combined omental pedicle graft and thoracodorsal axial pattern flap led to an uneventful recovery.