title: Postpartum mastitis and community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
abstract: This single-center, case-control study documents a relative increase in methicillin resistance among 48 cases of Staphylococcus aureus-associated postpartum mastitis during 1998-2005. Of 21 cases with methicillin resistance, 17 (81%) occurred in 2005. Twenty (95%) isolates contained the Staphylococcus cassette chromosome mec type IV gene; this suggests that the increase is due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA. p-reddy2@md.northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Pavani
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zembower
authors.forename: Gary A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Noskin
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bolon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008413:Mastitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D049590:Postpartum Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*