Community-onset Staphylococcus aureus infections presenting to general practices in South-eastern Australia

Community-onset Staphylococcus aureus infections presenting to general practices in South-eastern Australia

Community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infections are a public health concern, yet little is known about infections that do not present to hospital. We identified community-onset S. aureus infections via specimens submitted to a community-based pathology service. Referring doctors confirmed eligib...

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Veröffentlicht in:Epidemiology and infection 2014-03, Vol.142 (3), p.501-511
Hauptverfasser: BENNETT, C. M., COOMBS, G. W., WOOD, G. M., HOWDEN, B. P., JOHNSON, L. E. A., WHITE, D., JOHNSON, P. D. R.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Antibiotics
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Community-Acquired Infections - drug therapy
Community-Acquired Infections - epidemiology
Community-Acquired Infections - microbiology
Drug prescriptions
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Head
Hospitals
Humans
Infections
Infectious diseases
Laboratories
Leukocidins
Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - pathogenicity
Microbiology
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Original Papers
Pathology
Patients
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Prevalence
Severity of Illness Index
Skin
Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcus
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Staphylococcus aureus - pathogenicity
Staphylococcus infections
Victoria - epidemiology
Virulence
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Zusammenfassung:Community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infections are a public health concern, yet little is known about infections that do not present to hospital. We identified community-onset S. aureus infections via specimens submitted to a community-based pathology service. Referring doctors confirmed eligibility and described infection site, severity and treatment. Isolates were characterized on antibiotic resistance, PFGE, MLST/SCCmec, and Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL), representing 106 community-onset infections; 34 non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant S. aureus (nmMRSA) (resistant to
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S0950268813001581