PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Enrico M Zardi AU - Nunzio Montelione AU - Rossella C Vigliotti AU - Camilla Chello AU - Domenico M Zardi AU - Francesco Spinelli AU - Francesco Stilo TI - Surgical wound dehiscence complicated by methicillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> infection in a diabetic patient with femorotibial vascular bypass occlusion AID - 10.7861/clinmed.2019-0392 DP - 2020 Jan 01 TA - Clinical Medicine PG - 98--100 VI - 20 IP - 1 4099 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/1/98.short 4100 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/1/98.full SO - Clin Med2020 Jan 01; 20 AB - Diabetic patients with critical limb ischaemia may be affected by severe wound and skin ulcer infections. We report a case of a patient with bilateral femorotibial occlusion and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. The patient was treated with femoroperoneal vascular bypass, debridement of wound dehiscence and targeted antimicrobial therapy for symptom resolution and healing of the wound.