Staphylococcus aureus comunitario resistente a cloxacilina: Comunicación de los primeros cinco casos descritos en Chile

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Community acquired infections with methicillin resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have a more aggresive clinical course and involve mostly skin and lungs. These infections appear as outbreaks among prisoners, sportsmen, men having sex with men and military personnel. The higher aggressiveness of these strains is due to the production of several toxins, mainly Panton-Valentine leukocidine. The detection of the gene that codes for this toxin is a distinctive feature of these strains. We report five patients with community acquired MRSA infections. The clinical presentation was a skin infection in all. One patient had a pleuropneumonia in addition. Apart for resistance to beta-lactam antimicrobials, the strains were resistant to erythromycin and ciprofloxacin. Patients were treated with vancomycin, clotrimoxazole or intravenous clindamycin with a good evolution. An epidemiological surveillance for community acquired MRSA strain infections should be started and measures to adequately treat infected patients and avoid dissemination should be implemented.

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Noriega Ricalde, L. M., González, P., Hormazábal, J. C., Pinto, C., Canals, M., Munita, J. M., … Vial, P. (2008). Staphylococcus aureus comunitario resistente a cloxacilina: Comunicación de los primeros cinco casos descritos en Chile. Revista Medica de Chile, 136(7), 886–891. https://doi.org/10.4067/s0034-98872008000700010

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