Recurrent community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in an HIV-infected person

Kartavya Vyas, Duane R. Hospenthal, Katrin Mende, Nancy F. Crum-Cianflone

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Abstract

HIV-infected persons are at heightened risk for recurrent community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections, but there are limited data regarding the molecular characterization of these events. We describe an HIV-infected patient with 24 soft tissue infections and multiple colonization events. Molecular genotyping from 33 nonduplicate isolates showed all strains were USA300, Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) and arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME) positive, and genetically related.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2047-2053
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume49
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2011

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