CAMRSA


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CAMRSACommunity Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
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CAMRSA can usually be treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
Skin and soft-tissue infections: the early clinical presentation of soft-tissue infections may be deceptive
Our study showed no significant difference in CAMRSA colonization rates between rural, urban and slum children.
A community-based study on nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus
CAMRSA strains are epidemiologically and clonally unrelated to hospital-acquired strains (Palavecino, 2004).
Emerging community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus pneumonia
that are caused by MRSA strains, the percentage of CAMRSA in relation to the total number of MRSA-caused infections has also been increasing in the U.
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): prevalence and epidemiology issues
The clinical characteristics and the postulated mechanisms of cutaneous MRSA infection in the athletes were compared with those previously published in reports of CAMRSA skin infection outbreaks in other sports participants.
Cutaneous community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in participants of athletic activities
These results indicate that such places should be considered as possible reservoirs of CAMRSA by sanitarians or public health officials.
Assessment of athletic health care facility surfaces for MRSA in the secondary school setting
However, although CAMRSA isolates have undoubtedly spread within hospitals and are likely to continue to do so, without changes in the fitness of different strains, CA-MRSA strains are unlikely to displace HA-MRSA strains within the hospital.
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in outpatients, United States, 1999-2006
The proportion of MRSA isolates from invasive infections that were CAMRSA (either USA300 or USA400) increased significantly from 1999-2005 to 2006 (p<0.
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Iowa, USA
More recently, CAMRSA has become a global concern and is now a common cause of skin and soft tissue infections in the United States (2).
Intrafamilial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
It has been suggested that CAMRSA might move to healthcare settings, blurring the line between HA- and CA-MRSA (2).
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA400 clone, Italy
MRSA clones associated with the hospital associated-MRSA CCs 5, 8, 22, 30, and 45, the PVL-positive CAMRSA CCs 1, 8, 30, 80, and 89, as well as MRSA related to pigs (ST389-MRSA-IV/V) were observed in the EMR.
Cross-border dissemination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Euregio Meuse-Rhin region
Pneumococcal vaccines targeting the serotypes most associated with empyema and antimicrobial agents against resistant bacteria such as CAMRSA should be key components in national and international influenza pandemic planning.
Parapneumonic empyema deaths during past century, Utah
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