First Imported Case of Skin Infection Caused by PVL-positive ST30 Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone in a Returning Korean Traveler from the Philippines.
10.3346/jkms.2013.28.7.1100
- Author:
Jaehoon KO
1
;
Doo Ryeon CHUNG
;
So Yeon PARK
;
Jin Yang BAEK
;
So Hyun KIM
;
Cheol In KANG
;
Kyong Ran PECK
;
Nam Yong LEE
;
Jae Hoon SONG
Author Information
1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. drchung@skku.edu
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Staphylococcus aureus;
Methicillin Resistance;
Community-Acquired Infections;
Carbuncle;
Travel
- MeSH:
Adult;
Bacterial Toxins/metabolism;
Carbuncle/microbiology;
Cephalosporins/therapeutic use;
Community-Acquired Infections/drug therapy/microbiology;
Exotoxins/metabolism;
Female;
Humans;
Leukocidins/metabolism;
Methicillin Resistance;
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/*isolation & purification;
Philippines;
Republic of Korea;
Staphylococcal Skin Infections/*drug therapy/surgery;
Travel;
Vancomycin/therapeutic use
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2013;28(7):1100-1102
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Although pandemic community-associated (CA-) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST30 clone has successfully spread into many Asian countries, there has been no case in Korea. We report the first imported case of infection caused by this clone in a Korean traveler returning from the Philippines. A previously healthy 30-yr-old Korean woman developed a buttock carbuncle while traveling in the Philippines. After coming back to Korea, oral cephalosporin was given by a primary physician without any improvement. Abscess was drained and MRSA strain isolated from her carbuncle was molecularly characterized and it was confirmed as ST30-MRSA-IV. She was successfully treated with vancomycin and surgery. Frequent international travel and migration have increased the risk of international spread of CA-MRSA clones. The efforts to understand the changing epidemiology of CA-MRSA should be continued, and we should raise suspicion of CA-MRSA infection in travelers with skin infections returning from CA-MRSA-endemic countries.
