PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (CA-MRSA) - CASE SERIES

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S. B. K. Apurba Sankar Sastry, “PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS OF COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (CA-MRSA) - CASE SERIES”, ijmhs, vol. 3, no. 2, Oct. 2013.
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Abstract

Community- associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has received considerable attention in recent years as one of the important cause of infections among individuals in the community who do not have risk factors for MRSA infections such as hospitalization or prolonged contact with the medical system. 

Recently community-associated (CA)-MRSA infections are detected more commonly and their incidence is increasing; there is risk of wider spread. These new CA-MRSA strains appear to behave differently to Hospital Associated-MRSA strains. Although predominantly causing skin and soft tissue infections, mainly as boils and abscesses requiring drainage, invasive infections including necrotising pneumonia can also occur. This case series presents three such case reports of necrotizing pneumonia caused by CA-MRSA in healthy individuals.

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