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1: J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Aug;46(8):2809-13. Epub 2008 Jun 4.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Invasive infections with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus after kidney transplantation.

Adeyemi OA, Qi C, Zembower TR, Ison MG, Grant TH, Hartigan BJ, Malczynski M, Stosor V.

Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.

We report two cases of invasive infections caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive, community-associated, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) after kidney transplantation. This report emphasizes the clinical importance of considering CA-MRSA as a causative agent in the differential diagnosis of infections of the skin and soft tissues in organ transplant recipients.

PMID: 18524959 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC2519499