Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3344012 | The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2015 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) are increasingly causing infective endocarditis over the past decade. Here we report a healthy man who developed a severe acute infective endocarditis with systemic embolism caused by CA-MRSA. The strain was recovered from repeated blood cultures and was characterized using molecular detection and genotyping. The S. aureus isolate was typed as ST630 SCCmecV with spa-type t4549, agrI/IV and was PVL-negative. This is the only case report, to our knowledge, of CA-MRSA infective endocarditis in China. This case highlights the emergence and geographical spread of life-threatening CA-MRSA infection within China.
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Authors
Beiwen Zheng, Saiping Jiang, Zemin Xu, Yonghong Xiao, Lanjuan Li,