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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Oct 2009
Calvano Tatjana P, Ferraro David M, Prakash Vidhya, Mende Katrin, Hospenthal Duane R
Abstract excerpt
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.
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