Two Cases of Bacteremia Caused by Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
- Author:
Jung Hyun KIM
1
;
Eun Jung KANG
;
Yun Seok JUNG
;
Min Hyeok JEON
;
Tae Hyeong KIM
;
Hue Bong SIN
;
Su Jin PARK
;
Eun Ju CHOO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA); Bacteremia
- MeSH: Bacteremia; Bacterial Toxins; Ciprofloxacin; Clindamycin; Delivery of Health Care; Exotoxins; Gentamicins; Humans; Incidence; Leukocidins; Methicillin Resistance; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Osteomyelitis; Risk Factors; Tetracycline; Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
- From: Infection and Chemotherapy 2009;41(1):58-61
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Recent reports have described an increasing incidence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in patients who do not exhibit established risk factors for healthcare exposure. We report two cases of CA-MRSA bacteremia complicated by vertebral osteomyelitis. Both of CA-MRSA isolates were resistant to beta-lactam agents, but susceptible to clindamycin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, and tetracycline. Both isolates carried staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type IVA, and were identified as sequence type (ST) 72 by mlultilocus sequence typing (MLST). However, the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) gene was not identified.
