What Is Community‐Associated Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureus? | Zendy

Michael David | Zendy; Daniel Glikman | Zendy; Susan E. Crawford | Zendy; Jie Peng | Zendy; Kimberly J. King | Zendy; Mark A. Hostetler | Zendy; Susan BoyleVavra | Zendy; Robert S. Daum | Zendy

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What Is Community‐Associated Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureus?

Author(s) -

Michael David,

Daniel Glikman,

Susan E. Crawford,

Jie Peng,

Kimberly J. King,

Mark A. Hostetler,

Susan BoyleVavra,

Robert S. Daum

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/533502

Subject(s) - multilocus sequence typing , sccmec , clindamycin , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcus aureus , genotyping , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , staphylococcal infections , genotype , leukocidin , typing , biology , antibiotics , gene , genetics , bacteria

A community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infection has been defined as an MRSA infection in a patient who lacks specific risk factors for healthcare exposure. We sought to determine whether the absence or presence of these risk factors still predicts the phenotypic or genotypic characteristics of MRSA strains.

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