USA300 genotype community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of surgical site infections.
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.
Patel
Mukesh
M
Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, THT 229, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0006, USA. mukesh@uab.edu
Kumar
Ritu A
RA
Stamm
Alan M
AM
Hoesley
Craig J
CJ
Moser
Stephen A
SA
Waites
Ken B
KB
D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*