USA300 genotype community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of surgical site infections

Mukesh Patel; Ritu A Kumar; Alan M Stamm; Craig J Hoesley; Stephen A Moser; Ken B Waites

doi:10.1128/JCM.00902-07

USA300 genotype community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of surgical site infections

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Oct;45(10):3431-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00902-07. Epub 2007 Aug 1.

Authors

Mukesh Patel¹, Ritu A Kumar, Alan M Stamm, Craig J Hoesley, Stephen A Moser, Ken B Waites

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, THT 229, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0006, USA. mukesh@uab.edu

Abstract

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) strains are increasingly recovered from nosocomial settings. We conducted a retrospective study of surgical site infections (SSI) during 2004 and 2005 to determine the prevalence of CA-MRSA; 57% of MRSA strains tested belonged to the USA300 genotype. CA-MRSA has become a prominent cause of SSI at our institution.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
Genotype
Humans
Methicillin Resistance*
Retrospective Studies
Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology*

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