Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Pediatric Patients

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Ochoa, Theresa J. ; Mohr, John ; Wanger, Audrey ; Murphy, James R. ; Heresi, Gloria P.
• Description:
  Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections increased from 2000 to 2003 in hospitalized pediatric patients in Houston. CA-MRSA was associated with greater illness than was infection with methicillin-susceptible strains. Children with CA-MRSA were younger and mostly African American. Of MRSA isolates, 4.5% had the inducible macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B phenotype.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Keywords: Methicillin Resistance
  • Staphylococcus
  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases/vaccines
  • AOM
  • bacterial respiratory infection
  • S. pneumoniae
  • antibiotic treatment
  • antibiotic tr
  • infection
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(6):966-968.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15839/cdc_15839_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 56.62 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cfcbc747dbec163e14200bc0fc826668fb684c16dbe7a039472d563f234662c0