Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis

Tatjana P. Calvano; David M. Ferraro; Vidhya Prakash; Katrin Mende; Duane R. Hospenthal

doi:10.1128/JCM.00872-09

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis

Tatjana P. Calvano, David M. Ferraro, Vidhya Prakash, Katrin Mende, Duane R. Hospenthal

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Community-associated methicillin (meticillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) continues to emerge as a cause of serious infections, chiefly of the skin and soft tissues. We present the first documented case of CA-MRSA mediastinitis in an adult. Blood and mediastinal isolates were characterized as CA-MRSA by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and susceptibility testing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3367-3369
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	47
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00872-09
State	Published - Oct 2009
Externally published	Yes

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