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17131705

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
44
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-29
pubmed:abstractText
A 63-year-old woman with a kidney transplant was admitted with endocarditis caused by meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Once her antibiotic therapy had been adjusted to the sensitivity-pattern of the bacterial strain she recovered, without the need for surgical intervention. The isolated S. aureus was typed by multi-locus sequence typing as sequence type 398, a MRSA-strain that has recently been isolated from a high percentage of Dutch pigs. This is the first report of a life-threatening infection with this pig MRSA. This strain is genetically different from the globally dispersed nosocomial MRSA-strains, and also from the strains that have been epidemic for several years in the USA as the causative agent ofcommunity-acquired skin infections. The Dutch Working Group on Infection Prevention (WIP) has recently adjusted its guidelines to halt further spread of this strain, and advises that the population at risk (pig breeders, slaughterhouse personnel and veterinarians) be held in isolation when hospitalised until MRSA colonisation has been excluded. The patient described here, however, did not belong to this population at risk.
pubmed:language
dut
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0028-2162
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
150
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2442-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
[Endocarditis due to meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus originating from pigs].
pubmed:affiliation
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Postbus 85.500, 3508 GA Utrecht. m.ekkelenkamp@umcutrecht.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports