• 作者：Á ; lvaro Vives^a ; Cristiá ; n Palma Ceppi^a ; ^b ; ^{palmaceppi@gmail.com} ; Marco Sobró ; n^c ; M. Jesú ; s Barberá ; ^d
• 关键词：MRSA ; Staphylococcus aureus resistente a la meticilina ; Lesiones ulceradas
• 刊名：Revista Internacional de Androlog铆a
• 出版年：2011
• 期刊代码：pca322_1698031X
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：July-September 2011
• 卷：9
• 期：3
• 页码：116-119
• 文件大小：566 K

A clinical case of a 33-year-old male attended at the Fundaci贸 Puigvert presented with three ulcerated, painful and suppurating lesions which had appeared six days earlier. In the clinical history, one unprotected intercourse 2 weeks prior to the appearance of symptoms was reported.

The physical exploration revealed a well-circumscribed, oval, non-indurated, ulcerous penile lesions with preputial and skin edema that hampered retraction. The ulcer culture showed abundant staphylococcus strain gram-positive cocci. There were numerous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonies.

MRSA has been a major cause of community-acquired skin and soft tissue infections. Despite the high percentage of colonization by S. aureus, less than 2%of the general population is colonized by methicillin-resistant strains.

This case has demonstrated the possibility that sexual intercourse could be a MRSA transmission route. If such transmission is possible, MRSA infection should be considered a sexually-transmitted disease; however, larger studies are necessary to assess the results.