Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in two members of a household in Spain

Paño‐Pardo, José Ramón; García, A.; Aracil, Francisco Javier; Martínez, Antonio

doi:10.1016/j.eimc.2009.07.016

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“…The phenomenon of CA-MRSA clustering in households and communities has been described primarily in the setting of skin and soft tissue infections [10]. There has been only one report of invasive CA-MRSA disease related to intra-family clustering, and in that instance, a previously healthy 38 year-old mother and her 3 month-old infant both developed CA-MRSA pneumonia [11].…”

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CA-MRSA brain abscess in a healthy infant

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et al. 2015

J Pediatr Infect Dis

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We report the first case of a previously healthy term 5 week old infant with no known risk factors who developed a frontal lobe abscess from community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). To date, only 16 cases of invasive CA-MRSA with central nervous system involvement have been previously described, but the incidence of CA-MRSA has surged within the last decade, creating a growing impact on public health. Increasing numbers of invasive infections caused by CA-MRSA in previously healthy individuals is of particular concern, and the highest rates of these infections are in children. As CA-MRSA continues to spread and develop further antibiotic resistance, cases of invasive diseases as described in this report may become more common.

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confidence: 99%