The first case report of non-nosocomial healthcare-associated infective endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA400 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Infection ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 851-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. V. Damasco ◽  
F. S. Cavalcante ◽  
R. C. Chamon ◽  
D. C. Ferreira ◽  
S. S. Rioja ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Infective Endocarditis ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
First Case ◽  
Healthcare Associated

scholarly journals Severe Case of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Discospondylitis in a Doberman

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 1856-1858
Author(s):  
Mihai Musteata ◽  
Diana Mocanu ◽  
Eusebiu Sindilar ◽  
Mihai Mares ◽  
Ramona Florina Moraru ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Vertebral Column ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Severe Case ◽  
Final Diagnosis ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Doberman Pinscher ◽  
First Case ◽  
Progressive Paraparesis

A 6-year-old, neutered female Doberman Pinscher was presented with acute progressive paraparesis consistent with T3-L3 myelopathy. For 5 months prior to the admission, the dog had multiple recurrent hyperthermic episodes treated with antibiotics and intermittent corticosteroids for a Borrelia and Ehrlichia co-infection. On survey radiographs and CT of the spine, severe osteoproliferative changes were extensively seen throughout the thoracolumbar vertebral column, and were suggestive of discospondylitis. After cytological and microbiological examinations of the vertebral aspirate a severe Staphylococcus aureus methicillin-resistant discospondylitis was established as a final diagnosis. This is the first case report of discospondylitis due to MRSA in dog without vertebral spine surgery. Treatment with corticosteroids can cover the evolution of discospondylitis until the condition became severe and untreatable.

Activity of ceftaroline against community associated and healthcare associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Pathology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey W. Coombs ◽  
Julie C. Pearson ◽  
James O. Robinson ◽  
Keryn J. Christiansen
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Healthcare Associated

scholarly journals Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal cariage among hospitalized patients and healthcare workers in the Clinical center of Serbia

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Cirkovic ◽  
Slobodanka Djukic ◽  
Biljana Carevic ◽  
Natasa Mazic ◽  
Vesna Mioljevic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Healthcare Facility ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Hospitalized Patients ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Clinical Center ◽  
Mrsa Strains ◽  
Healthcare Associated

The aim of the present study was to provide the first comprehensive analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage among patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) in the largest healthcare facility in Serbia. Specimens from anterior nares obtained from 195 hospitalized patients and 105 HCWs were inoculated after broth enrichment onto chromogenic MRSA-ID medium. In total, 21 of 300 specimens yielded MRSA. Among hospitalized patients, 7.7% were colonized with MRSA, and 5.7% HCWs were colonized with MRSA. Five out of 21 (23.8%) tested MRSA strains were classified as community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA), and four of them were isolated from HCWs. The remaining 16 MRSA strains had characteristics of healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA), and two of them were isolated from HCWs. The HA-MRSA strains isolated from HCWs were indistinguishable from HA-MRSA of the same cluster isolated from patients. This finding reveals the circulation of HA-MRSA strains between patients and HCWs in the Clinical Center of Serbia.

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