Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Portugal

R Nazareth; J Gonçalves-Pereira; A Tavares; M Miragaia; H de Lencastre; J Silvestre; P Freitas; E Gonçalves; F Martins; V Mendes; C Tapadinhas; P Póvoa

doi:10.1016/j.rppneu.2011.05.007

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Portugal

Rev Port Pneumol. 2012 Jan-Feb;18(1):34-8. doi: 10.1016/j.rppneu.2011.05.007. Epub 2011 Jul 29.

[Article in English, Portuguese]

Authors

R Nazareth¹, J Gonçalves-Pereira, A Tavares, M Miragaia, H de Lencastre, J Silvestre, P Freitas, E Gonçalves, F Martins, V Mendes, C Tapadinhas, P Póvoa

Affiliation

¹ Unidade Polivalente de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital São Francisco Xavier, CHLO, Lisboa, Portugal. [email protected]

PMID: 21802892
DOI: 10.1016/j.rppneu.2011.05.007

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has recently emerged as a cause of community-acquired infections among individuals without risk factors. Community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) appears to be more virulent, causing superficial mild skin and soft tissue infections to severe necrotizing fasciitis, and in rare cases, pneumonia. Community-associated MRSA was first reported in Australia in the early 80s, after almost two decades in the USA, and then in several countries in Europe, Asia and South America. No data exists in Portugal. We report the first case of CA-MRSA infection in Portugal, in a young adult with severe necrotizing pneumonia, complicated with bilateral empyema and respiratory failure.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Community-Acquired Infections
Humans
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / complications
Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / microbiology*
Portugal
Staphylococcal Infections* / complications