Infections form a part of the long list of etiologies of rhabdomyolysis. Respiratory infection appears to the chief contributor among the infectious causes of rhabdomyolysis [8] Rhabdomyolysis in CA-pneumonia is more commonly associated with Legionella, Influenza virus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Chlamydia psttaci and Mycoplasma [9] . Our patient had a thorn prick in his hand which turned into an abscess. This could have been the source for Staphylococcus aureus infection. He was not hospitalized or hadn't visited the hospital in the previous several years. In addition, the two blood cultures drawn at two different sites under sterile precautions at the time of admission were positive for MRSA and the bronchoalveolar lavage taken just prior to intubation showed MRSA. Hence his infection was community acquired and not hospital acquired.