Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and prolonged epistaxis

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a syndrome with easily recognizable mucocutaneous arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and covert visceral AVMs. Upon diagnosis of HHT, screening is recommended for pulmonary, cerebral, gastrointestinal, and hepatic AVMs due to classically associated complications such as hemorrhage, cerebral abscess, high output heart failure, and iron deficiency anemia. Recently, extracerebral infection was found to be a common but under reported occurrence among patients with HHT, affecting approximately 9% of patients.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Source Type: research