Otolaryngologic Community-Acquired MRSA Infections in a Suburban Private Practice

Higher incidence of perineal community acquired MRSA infections among toddlers

BACKGROUND A six-fold increase in pediatric MRSA infections, prompted us to examine the clinical profile of children with MRSA infections seen at Mercy Children's Hospital, Toledo, Ohio and to characterize the responsible strains. METHODS Records were reviewed of pediatric patients who cultured positive for MRSA from June 1 to December 31, 2007. Strain typing by pulsed field gel electrophores...

Community-acquired MRSA: a practitioner's guide.

Community-Acquired MRSA: A Burgeoning New Epidemic

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been a recognized pathogen for almost half a century. Until recently, MRSA was confined predominately to hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities that care for debilitated and chronically ill patients (Healthcare-Associated, or HAMRSA). In the last decade, however, MRSA has caused rapidly increasing numbers of invasive infe...

Osteoarticular Infections Following Open or Penetrating Trauma in Children in the Era of Community-Acquired MRSA

Emergence of a new community acquired MRSA strain in Germany.

Analysis of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (c-MRSA) from Germany producing the Panton-Valentine leukocidin revealed a unique SmaI-macrorestriction pattern, different from epidemic nosocomial strains. This molecular pattern corresponds to those shown in c-MRSA strains from other countries in the European Union. All isolates exhibited resistance to fusidic acid, wh...