scholarly journals Just the Facts: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and soft tissue abscess in the emergency department

CJEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-151
Author(s):  
Heather Murray ◽  
Kirk Leifso
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Incision And Drainage ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Soft Tissue Abscess ◽  
Mrsa Strains ◽  
Almost All

Soft tissue abscess used to be an easy emergency department (ED) presentation: perform an incision and drainage (I + D) and discharge your patient. Times have changed. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is now a major cause of soft tissue abscess in ED patients. MRSA is, by definition, resistant to cloxacillin and cephalosporins. Almost all Canadian strains are susceptible to vancomycin and linezolid. MRSA strains are variably susceptible to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX), tetra/doxycycline, and clindamycin, with pooled Canadian clindamycin resistance just over 40%.

scholarly journals Complete Genome Sequences of Eight Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Patients in Japan

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (47) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miyako Hikichi ◽  
Miki Nagao ◽  
Kazunori Murase ◽  
Chihiro Aikawa ◽  
Takashi Nozawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Complete Genome ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Invasive Disease ◽  
Genome Sequences ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mrsa Strains

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major pathogen causing nosocomial infections, and the clinical manifestations of MRSA range from asymptomatic colonization of the nasal mucosa to soft tissue infection to fulminant invasive disease. Here, we report the complete genome sequences of eight MRSA strains isolated from patients in Japan.

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