title: Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Portugal.
abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has recently emerged as a cause of community-acquired infections among individuals without risk factors. Community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) appears to be more virulent, causing superficial mild skin and soft tissue infections to severe necrotizing fasciitis, and in rare cases, pneumonia. Community-associated MRSA was first reported in Australia in the early 80s, after almost two decades in the USA, and then in several countries in Europe, Asia and South America. No data exists in Portugal. We report the first case of CA-MRSA infection in Portugal, in a young adult with severe necrotizing pneumonia, complicated with bilateral empyema and respiratory failure.
authors.affiliation: Unidade Polivalente de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital São Francisco Xavier, CHLO, Lisboa, Portugal. raquelnazareth@gmail.com
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nazareth
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gonçalves-Pereira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miragaia
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de Lencastre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Silvestre
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tapadinhas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Póvoa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D011174:Portugal; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications