Journal article
Four pediatric deaths from community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus — Minnesota and North Dakota, 1997-1999
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol.48(32), pp.707-710
08/20/1999
PMID: 21033181
Abstract
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an emerging community-acquired pathogen among patients without established risk factors for MRSA infection (e.g., recent hospitalization, recent surgery, residence in a long-term-care facility [LTCF], or injecting-drug use [IDU]) (1). Since 1996, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Indian Health Service (IHS) have investigated cases of community-acquired MRSA infection in patients without established risk factors. This report describes four fatal cases among children with community-acquired MRSA; the MRSA strains isolated from these patients appear to be different from typical nosocomial MRSA strains in antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) characteristics.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Four pediatric deaths from community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus — Minnesota and North Dakota, 1997-1999
- Creators
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Contributors
- Patrick M Schlievert (Contributor) - University of Iowa, Microbiology and Immunology
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol.48(32), pp.707-710
- PMID
- 21033181
- ISSN
- 0149-2195
- eISSN
- 1545-861X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/20/1999
- Academic Unit
- Microbiology and Immunology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984001224902771
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