A dialysis patient with bacteremia caused by a community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) carrying the staphylococcal chromosome cassette (SCC) mec type V

J Chemother. 2008 Jun;20(3):402-4. doi: 10.1179/joc.2008.20.3.402.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / complications*
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Cellulitis / complications*
  • Cellulitis / diagnosis
  • Cellulitis / drug therapy
  • Chromosomes, Bacterial
  • Community-Acquired Infections
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
  • Methicillin Resistance / genetics
  • Middle Aged
  • Renal Dialysis*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcus aureus* / genetics
  • Staphylococcus aureus* / isolation & purification