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JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION
Volume 67, Issue 2, Pages 109-113Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.06.003
Keywords
community-associated MRSA; Panton-Valentine leukocidin; PVL
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A new type of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is emerging as a significant pathogen in otherwise healthy individuals in the community. This MRSA is distinct from healthcare-associated (HA)-MRSA, in terms of epidemiology, microbiology and clinical manifestations. A considerable number of reports are beginning to appear describing the organism and associated infections in the literature. However, within these reports, there is a lack of consensus as to the terminology used to describe community-associated (CA)-MRSA. This confusion is further compounded with the recent emergence of nosocomial transmission of CA-MRSA within hospitals. The aim of this article is to highlight the differences between HA-MRSA and CA-MRSA and to propose standard definitions of the various subgroups of CA-MRSA. (C) 2007 The Hospital Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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