title: [Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: emerging community dissemination].
abstract: Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for a broad variety of infectious diseases. The main concern is about methicillin-resistant isolates (MRSA), which are usually limited to hospitals. In recent years, community associated or acquired MRSA infections (CA-MRSA) have been frequently reported and emerged in the world. Some phenotypic and genotypic characteristics are distinct between hospital and community infection. Currently, there is reduced sensibility profile to different antimicrobials, reason why it is necessary to issue an alert to healthcare professionals, dermatologists in particular, about the importance of knowing the differences between the infections, preventing wrong and unsuccessful empirical therapy.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. lucianegelatti@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Luciane Cristina
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Gelatti
authors.forename: Renan Rangel
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Bonamigo
authors.forename: Ana Paula
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Pedro Alves
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: D Azevedo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology