115 Dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus strains in adults with cystic fibrosis (CF)

[Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in patients with cystic fibrosis].

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of chronic colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patients with cystic fibrosis, describe antibiotic sensitivity of the strains, and compare the patients' clinical characteristics with those of patients infected with methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA). PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with chronic S. aureus colonization w...

Editorials Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus in cystic fibrosis

A number of treatments for cystic fibrosis have evolved over the past four decades, based on the experience of cli-nicians involved in the care of these patients. Some of these treatments were developed without the benefit of large randomised controlled trials which would have been diY-cult to perform at the time. The value of prophylactic antibiotic treatment against Staphylococcus aureus in t...

Isolation of Staphylococcus aureus from sputum in cystic fibrosis.

The success in the isolation of Staphylococcus aureus of different methods of sputum processing was investigated in 60 specimens collected from 14 patients with cystic fibrosis during a seven-month period. Fifty specimens (83%) from 11 patients yielded Staph. aureus by one or more methods. Direct plating of purulent portions of sputum on to media designed for general use in respiratory infectio...

Vancomycin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Strains

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in cystic fibrosis.

BACKGROUND Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is increasingly found in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). AIMS To determine whether MRSA infection has a deleterious effect on the clinical status of children with CF. METHODS Children with MRSA in respiratory cultures during a seven year period were identified and compared with controls matched for age, sex, and res...