• DOI:10.1099/jmm.0.015925-0
• Corpus ID: 9582502

Spread of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infection within a family: implications for antibiotic therapy and prevention.

@article{Amir2010SpreadOC,
  title={Spread of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infection within a family: implications for antibiotic therapy and prevention.},
  author={N H Amir and Angela S. Rossney and Judy Veale and M O'Connor and Fidelma Fitzpatrick and Hilary Humphreys},
  journal={Journal of medical microbiology},
  year={2010},
  volume={59 Pt 4},
  pages={
          489-92
        }
}

• N. Amir, A. Rossney, +3 authors H. Humphreys
• Published 1 April 2010
• Biology, Medicine
• Journal of medical microbiology

Outbreaks or clusters of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) within families have been reported. We describe a family cluster of CA-MRSA skin and soft-tissue infection where CA-MRSA was suspected because of recurrent infections which failed to respond to flucloxacillin. While the prevalence of CA-MRSA is low worldwide, CA-MRSA should be considered in certain circumstances depending on clinical presentation and risk assessment. Surveillance cultures of family contacts of patients with MRSA should be considered to help establish the prevalence of CA-MRSA and to inform the optimal choice of empiric antibiotic treatment.