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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2008, p. 2809-2813, Vol. 46, No. 8
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00494-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Invasive Infections with Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus after Kidney Transplantation{triangledown}

Oluwadamilola A. Adeyemi,1 Chao Qi,2,6 Teresa R. Zembower,1 Michael G. Ison,1,3 Thomas H. Grant,4 Brian J. Hartigan,5 Michael Malczynski,6 and Valentina Stosor1,3*

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine,1 Department of Pathology,2 Division of Organ Transplantation, Department of Surgery,3 Department of Radiology,4 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine,5 Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois6

Received 12 March 2008/ Returned for modification 2 May 2008/ Accepted 27 May 2008

We report two cases of invasive infections caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive, community-associated, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) after kidney transplantation. This report emphasizes the clinical importance of considering CA-MRSA as a causative agent in the differential diagnosis of infections of the skin and soft tissues in organ transplant recipients.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 645 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 900, Chicago, IL 60611. Phone: (312) 695-5085. Fax: (312) 695-5088. E-mail: v-stosor{at}northwestern.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 4 June 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2008, p. 2809-2813, Vol. 46, No. 8
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00494-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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