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01.05.2008 | Article
Methicillin-susceptible, non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant and multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: a clinical, epidemiological and microbiological comparative study
verfasst von:
W. J. Munckhof, G. R. Nimmo, J. Carney, J. M. Schooneveldt, F. Huygens, J. Inman-Bamber, E. Tong, A. Morton, P. Giffard
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
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Ausgabe 5/2008
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Abstract
Non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (nmMRSA) infections are emerging worldwide and are often community-associated. This prospective case–cohort study compares features of 96 nmMRSA clinical isolates with 96 matched multiresistant MRSA (mMRSA) and 192 matched methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) clinical isolates. Seventy-four percent of nmMRSA infections were healthcare-associated. nmMRSA infections were much more likely to involve skin and soft tissue (skin and soft tissue infections; SSTIs) and were much less likely to be treated appropriately with antibiotics than MSSA or mMRSA infections. Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) genes were detected in 55% of nmMRSA, 16% of MSSA and 2% of mMRSA isolates. Independent of the methicillin-resistance phenotype, 59% of PVL-positive SSTIs presented as furunculosis compared to only 10% of PVL-negative SSTIs. Patients with PVL-positive infections were much younger than patients with PVL-negative infections. The proportion of PVL-positive infections peaked in the 10–29 years old age group, followed by a linear decline.