Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): focus on Community-Associated MRSA
S. Afr. j. infect. dis. (Online)
; 23(2): 13-15, 2008.
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| ID: biblio-1270586
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ABSTRACT
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections are defined as occurring in patients who have no association with the healthcare setting. CA-MRSA has emerged as a common cause of community infections in the US and are distinct from MRSA strains classically associated with healthcare-associated infections from genotypic and phenotypic perspectives. They are frequently susceptible to non-beta-lactam antimicrobials; express the SCCmec type IV or V gene and contain the Panton-Valentine leukocidin virulence factor. They most commonly cause mild skin infections; but have been associated with severe soft tissue infection and with necrotising pneumonia
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AIM (África)
Asunto principal:
Infecciones Cutáneas Estafilocócicas
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Revisión
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Staphylococcus aureus Resistente a Meticilina
Tipo de estudio:
Factores de riesgo
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
S. Afr. j. infect. dis. (Online)
Año:
2008
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Artículo