title: Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a global problem.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the epidemiology of CA-MRSA cases in Brazil order to understand its occurrence, risk factors and forms of management in the country compared with the worldwide situation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature review and for articles selection considering the databases: Scopus, Science Direct, Isi Web of Knowledge, PubMed and BVS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ten national articles describing 21 cases of CA-MRSA were identified, mostly in children, adolescents and adults with skin and soft tissue infection progressing to severe infections related to Oceania Southwest Pacific Clone (OSPC) leading to hospitalization. Conclusión: Although CA-MRSA is considered a global important microorganism we found a lack of published data about its epidemiology in Brazil, which hinder the design of the reality of the country against CA-MRSA.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Saúde Conjunto Santa Maria, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Síntia de Souza
authors.initials: Sde S
authors.lastname: Evangelista
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Básica, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Adriana Cristina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*