Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis

Tatjana P Calvano; David M Ferraro; Vidhya Prakash; Katrin Mende; Duane R Hospenthal

doi:10.1128/JCM.00872-09

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Oct;47(10):3367-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00872-09. Epub 2009 Aug 5.

Authors

Tatjana P Calvano¹, David M Ferraro, Vidhya Prakash, Katrin Mende, Duane R Hospenthal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.

Abstract

Community-associated methicillin (meticillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) continues to emerge as a cause of serious infections, chiefly of the skin and soft tissues. We present the first documented case of CA-MRSA mediastinitis in an adult. Blood and mediastinal isolates were characterized as CA-MRSA by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and susceptibility testing.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Female
Genotype
Humans
Mediastinitis / microbiology*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Radiography, Thoracic
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Tomography

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
DNA, Bacterial