Body site colonization in patients with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other types of S. aureus skin infections
E.S. Yang,E.S. Yang,Jennifer Tan,Samantha J. Eells,G. Rieg,G. Rieg,G. Tagudar,Loren G. Miller,Loren G. Miller +8 more
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It is suggested that colonization patterns in CA- MRSA infection are distinct from those in non-CA-MRSA S. aureus infections, and the relatively high prevalence of non-nasal colonization may play a key role in CA -MRSA transmission and acquisition of infection.About:
This article is published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.The article was published on 2010-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 168 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus & Staphylococcus aureus.read more
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Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Adults and Children
Catherine Liu,Arnold S. Bayer,Sara E. Cosgrove,Robert S. Daum,Scott K. Fridkin,Rachel J. Gorwitz,Sheldon L. Kaplan,Adolf W. Karchmer,Donald P. Levine,Barbara E. Murray,Michael J. Rybak,Henry F. Chambers +11 more
TL;DR: These guidelines discuss the management of a variety of clinical syndromes associated with MRSA disease, including skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI), bacteremia and endocarditis, pneumonia, bone and joint infections, and central nervous system infections.
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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: epidemiology and clinical consequences of an emerging epidemic.
Michael Z. David,Robert S. Daum +1 more
TL;DR: This review details the epidemiology of CA-MRSA strains and the clinical spectrum of infectious syndromes associated with them that ranges from a commensal state to severe, overwhelming infection and addresses the therapy of these infections and strategies for their prevention.
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Nasal Carriage as a Source of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
Gina Pugliese,Martin S. Favero +1 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that molecular typing of coagulase-negative staphylococci from blood cultures does not correlate with clinical criteria for true bacteremia, suggesting either that true bactseremias are frequently the result of multiple strains or that the commonly used clinical criteria are not accurate for distinguishing contamination from true b acteremia.
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Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control in Acute-Care Settings
Emily Sydnor,Trish M. Perl +1 more
TL;DR: The role for infection control programs has grown and continues to grow as rates of antimicrobial resistance rise and HAIs lead to increasing risks to patients and expanding health care costs.
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Molecular epidemiology of community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Europe.
Jonathan A. Otter,Gary French +1 more
TL;DR: An understanding of the epidemiology of community-associated MRSA is essential to guide new control initiatives to prevent these organisms from becoming endemic in Europe.
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Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus: epidemiology, underlying mechanisms, and associated risks.
TL;DR: Elimination of carriage of S. aureus has been found to reduce the infection rates in surgical patients and those on hemodialysis and CAPD, and those colonized with MRSA.
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Methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections among patients in the emergency department.
Gregory J. Moran,Anusha Krishnadasan,Rachel J. Gorwitz,Gregory E. Fosheim,Linda K. McDougal,Roberta B. Carey,David A. Talan +6 more
TL;DR: MRSA is the most common identifiable cause of skin and soft-tissue infections among patients presenting to emergency departments in 11 U.S. cities and clinicians should consider obtaining cultures and modifying empirical therapy to provide MRSA coverage.
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Nasal Carriage as a Source of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined S. aureus isolates from blood and from nasal specimens to determine whether the organisms in the bloodstream originated from the patient's own flora.
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The changing epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus
TL;DR: Strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which had been largely confined to hospitals and long-term care facilities, are emerging in the community, and the prevalence of these strains in thecommunity seems likely to increase substantially.
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Complete genome sequence of USA300, an epidemic clone of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Binh An Diep,Binh An Diep,Steven R. Gill,Richard F. Chang,Richard F. Chang,Tiffany HaiVan Phan,Jason H. Chen,Matthew G. Davidson,Felice Lin,Jessica Lin,Heather A. Carleton,Emmanuel F. Mongodin,George F. Sensabaugh,Francoise Perdreau-Remington +13 more
TL;DR: The most striking feature of the USA300 genome is the horizontal acquisition of a novel mobile genetic element that encodes an arginine deiminase pathway and an oligopeptide permease system that could contribute to growth and survival of USA300.