Empyema caused by MRSA ST398 with atypical resistance profile, Spain

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jan;17(1):138-40. doi: 10.3201/eid1701.100307.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Animals, Domestic / microbiology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Clindamycin / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Empyema, Pleural / microbiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Spain
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Swine / microbiology
  • Tetracyclines / pharmacology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Tetracyclines
  • Clindamycin