Abstract
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections increased from 2000 to 2003 in hospitalized pediatric patients in Houston. CA-MRSA was associated with greater illness than was infection with methicillin-susceptible strains. Children with CA-MRSA were younger and mostly African American. Of MRSA isolates, 4.5% had the inducible macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B phenotype.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
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Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology*
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Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology
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Community-Acquired Infections / physiopathology*
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Female
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Hospitalization*
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Methicillin / pharmacology
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Methicillin Resistance*
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Pediatrics
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Prevalence
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Retrospective Studies
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Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
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Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
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Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
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Staphylococcal Infections / physiopathology
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Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
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Staphylococcus aureus / pathogenicity*
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Methicillin