Spread of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infection within a family: implications for antibiotic therapy and prevention
2010
Outbreaks or clusters of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (CA-MRSA) within families have been reported. We describe
a family cluster of CA-MRSA skin and soft-tissue infection where CA-MRSA was
suspected because of recurrent infections which failed to respond to flucloxacillin.
While the prevalence of CA-MRSA is low worldwide, CA-MRSA should be considered
in certain circumstances depending on clinical presentation and risk assessment.
Surveillance cultures of family contacts of patients with MRSA should be considered
to help establish the prevalence of CA-MRSA and to inform the optimal choice
of empiric antibiotic treatment.
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