Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a global problem.

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a global problem.
Rev Bras Enferm. 2015 Jan-Feb;68(1):136-143
Authors: Evangelista SS, Oliveira AC
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: to describe the epidemiology of CA-MRSA cases in Brazil order to understand its occurrence, risk factors and forms of management in the country compared with the worldwide situation.
METHOD: literature review and for articles selection considering the databases: Scopus, Science Direct, Isi Web of Knowledge, PubMed and BVS.
RESULTS: ten national articles describing 21 cases of CA-MRSA were identified, mostly in children, adolescents and adults with skin and soft tissue infection progressing to severe infections related to Oceania Southwest Pacific Clone (OSPC) leading to hospitalization. Conclusión: although CA-MRSA is considered a global important microorganism we found a lack of published data about its epidemiology in Brazil, which hinder the design of the reality of the country against CA-MRSA.
PMID: 25946506 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem - January 1, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Evangelista SS, Oliveira AC Tags: Rev Bras Enferm Source Type: research