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Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 genotype as a major cause of late-onset nosocomial pneumonia in intensive care patients in the USA
- Source :
- International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. 17(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- SummaryObjectiveTo compare demographic and clinical characteristics, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain characteristics, in patients with early-onset (EO) and late-onset (LO) MRSA nosocomial pneumonia.MethodsThis was a retrospective analysis of data from a multicenter observational study of nosocomial pneumonia patients admitted between November 2008 and July 2010. Laboratory analyses performed on MRSA isolates included confirmation of antimicrobial susceptibility and heteroresistance to vancomycin, USA typing, staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCC) mec typing, and detection of Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL) genes.ResultsWe identified 134 patients; 42 (31%) had EO MRSA pneumonia and 92 (69%) had LO MRSA pneumonia. The patients in the LO group were more likely to have risk factors for multidrug-resistant pathogens (98% vs. 76%, p
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
Nosocomial pneumonia
Adult
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
medicine.medical_specialty
Genotype
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
CA-MRSA
MRSA
Comorbidity
medicine.disease_cause
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Risk Factors
Intensive care
Internal medicine
Pneumonia, Staphylococcal
Medicine
Humans
Typing
Intensive care medicine
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Cross Infection
business.industry
General Medicine
biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition
Middle Aged
Staphylococcal Infections
Antimicrobial
medicine.disease
bacterial infections and mycoses
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Community-associated MRSA
United States
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Pneumonia
Intensive Care Units
Infectious Diseases
Staphylococcus aureus
Vancomycin
Female
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18783511
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....85813acbe9f5916c5dfea2f97af94a55