Severe infective endocarditis with systemic embolism due to community associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST630
Braz. j. infect. dis
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19(1): 85-89, Jan-Feb/2015. tab, graf
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) are increasingly causing infective endocarditis over the past decade. Here we report a healthy man who developed a severe acute infective endocarditis with systemic embolism caused by CA- MRSA. The strain was recovered from repeated blood cultures and was characterized using molecular detection and genotyping. The S. aureus isolate was typed as ST630 SCCmecV with spa-type t4549, agrI/IV and was PVL-negative. This is the only case report, to our knowledge, of CA-MRSA infective endocarditis in China. This case highlights the emergence and geographical spread of life-threatening CA-MRSA infection within China.
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Main subject:
Staphylococcal Infections
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Embolism, Paradoxical
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Endocarditis, Bacterial
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Type of study:
Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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Project document
Affiliation country:
China
Institution/Affiliation country:
Zhejiang University/CN
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