A sentinel fatal paediatric case of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canada |
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| Authors: | Jason Brophy Yvonne Yau Peter Cox Kevin Katz Ari Bitnun |
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| Affiliation: | 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics;2Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine;3Department of Critical Care, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto;4Department of Infection Prevention and Control, North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario |
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| Abstract: | Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is an established pathogen in many centres in the United States, but has yet to establish a firm foothold in Canada. In the present article, the authors report, to their knowledge, Canada’s first fatal paediatric case of invasive disease due to community-associated methicillin-resistant S aureus and review its pathogenesis, epidemiology and treatment. |
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| Keywords: | Canada Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Necrotizing pneumonia Paediatric Panton-Valentine leukocidin |
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