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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2009, p. 3367-3369, Vol. 47, No. 10
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00872-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Mediastinitis {triangledown}

Tatjana P. Calvano,1 David M. Ferraro,1 Vidhya Prakash,1 Katrin Mende,1,2 and Duane R. Hospenthal1*

Department of Medicine, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas,1 Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Bethesda, Maryland2

Received 1 May 2009/ Returned for modification 7 June 2009/ Accepted 31 July 2009

Community-associated methicillin (meticillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) continues to emerge as a cause of serious infections, chiefly of the skin and soft tissues. We present the first documented case of CA-MRSA mediastinitis in an adult. Blood and mediastinal isolates were characterized as CA-MRSA by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and susceptibility testing.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Infectious Disease (MCHE-MDI), Brooke Army Medical Center, 3851 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234. Phone: (210) 916-4355. Fax: (210) 916-0388. E-mail: duane.hospenthal{at}amedd.army.mil

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 5 August 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2009, p. 3367-3369, Vol. 47, No. 10
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00872-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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