Open AccessHeterosexual Transmission of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Author(s) -
Heather A. Cook,
E. Yoko Furuya,
Elaine Larson,
Glenny Vasquez,
F D Lowy
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/510681
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , transmission (telecommunications) , medicine , colonization , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcal infections , bacteria , biology , genetics , electrical engineering , engineering
Heterosexual transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has not been documented. As part of a survey conducted in northern Manhattan, we encountered 3 households in which heterosexual transmission was responsible for new community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus infection. The vaginal and inguinal isolates obtained from the sexual partners were USA 300. This report documents an important and previously unrecognized means of community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus colonization and transmission for these potentially invasive strains.
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