Spread of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infection within a family: implications for antibiotic therapy and prevention.
Affiliation
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, PO Box 1297, Beaumont Road, Dublin 8, Ireland.Issue Date
2010-04MeSH
AdultChild, Preschool
Community-Acquired Infections
Female
Humans
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Skin Diseases, Bacterial
Soft Tissue Infections
Staphylococcal Infections
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Spread of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infection within a family: implications for antibiotic therapy and prevention. 2010, 59 (Pt 4):489-92 J. Med. Microbiol.Journal
Journal of medical microbiologyDOI
10.1099/jmm.0.015925-0PubMed ID
20056775Additional Links
http://jmm.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/59/4/489Abstract
Outbreaks or clusters of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) within families have been reported. We describe a family cluster of CA-MRSA skin and soft-tissue infection where CA-MRSA was suspected because of recurrent infections which failed to respond to flucloxacillin. While the prevalence of CA-MRSA is low worldwide, CA-MRSA should be considered in certain circumstances depending on clinical presentation and risk assessment. Surveillance cultures of family contacts of patients with MRSA should be considered to help establish the prevalence of CA-MRSA and to inform the optimal choice of empiric antibiotic treatment.Item Type
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1473-5644ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1099/jmm.0.015925-0