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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
4
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1999-12-16
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are not commonly recognized in healthy patients without predisposing risk. We performed a retrospective study of patients hospitalized with community-acquired MRSA infections from 1992 to 1996 in Honolulu to determine if community-acquired MRSA infections occurred in patients without known risk. Patients hospitalized within the previous 6 months or transferred from other hospitals or nursing homes were excluded. Epidemiological and clinical data were obtained from an inpatient chart review. Ten (71%) of 14 patients with community-acquired MRSA infection had no discernible characteristics of MRSA infections. Thirteen (93%) patients had skin or soft-tissue infections and one patient had MRSA pneumonia. Isolates from patients with MRSA infection were more likely to be susceptible to ciprofloxacin (P = .05), clindamycin (P = .03), and erythromycin (P = .01) than were those from MRSA-colonized patients. In our population, the majority of community-acquired MRSA infections occurred in previously healthy individuals without characteristics suggestive of MRSA transmission.
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| pubmed:commentsCorrections | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Oct
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| pubmed:issn |
1058-4838
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
29
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
797-800
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:10589891-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:10589891-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:10589891-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:10589891-Community-Acquired Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:10589891-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:10589891-Hospitalization,
pubmed-meshheading:10589891-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:10589891-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:10589891-Methicillin Resistance,
pubmed-meshheading:10589891-Retrospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:10589891-Risk Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:10589891-Staphylococcal Infections
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| pubmed:year |
1999
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitalized adults and children without known risk factors.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. edward.gorak@amedd.army.mil
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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