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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis

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

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Abstract

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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3367-3369
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume47
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2009

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