title: Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pediatric patients.
abstract: Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections increased from 2000 to 2003 in hospitalized pediatric patients in Houston. CA-MRSA was associated with greater illness than was infection with methicillin-susceptible strains. Children with CA-MRSA were younger and mostly African American. Of MRSA isolates, 4.5% had the inducible macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B phenotype.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Heath Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Theresa J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Ochoa
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mohr
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wanger
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Gloria P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Heresi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010372:Pediatrics; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D008712:Methicillin