Pulmonary infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
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Authors: | M T Cafferkey E Abrahamson A Bloom C T Keane |
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Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, Royal City of Dublin Hospital, Ireland. |
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Abstract: | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are now causing severe clinical infection on a worldwide basis. Pulmonary infection due to MRSA although widely reported is poorly documented. We report the predisposing factors, underlying diseases, treatment and outcome in 4 patients with pneumonia, 3 patients with empyema thoracis, 1 patient with pneumonia and empyema thoracis, 1 patient with pneumonia plus lobectomy wound infection and 2 patients with lung abscess. Vancomycin was highly effective in treatment, a finding compatible with experience treating other severe MRSA infections. |
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