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AAP Grand Rounds 3:14-15 (2000)
© 2000 American Academy of Pediatrics

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Source: Gorak EJ, Yamada SM, Brown JD. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitalized adults and children without known risk factors. Clin Infect Dis. 1999;29:797–800.

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Gorak et al report a retrospective chart review of patients with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections admitted to Honolulu’s Tripler Army Medical Center from 1992 to 1996. Community-acquired MRSA was, by definition, isolated from cultures performed within 48 hours of admission. Patients were excluded from the study if they had been hospitalized within the prior 6 months or transferred from other hospitals or long-term care facilities. Risk factors for community-acquired MRSA infection—recent hospitalization, transfer from another hospital or nursing home, intravenous drug use, prior antimicrobial use and underlying disease—were tabulated as were epidemiologic and clinical data. Of 14 identified hospitalized patients, 6 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Leslie L. Barton, MD, FAAP
Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ