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dc.contributor.authorTownell, Nicola J
dc.contributor.authorMunckhof, Wendy J
dc.contributor.authorNimmo, Graeme
dc.contributor.authorBannan, Aiveen
dc.contributor.authorHolley, Anthony
dc.contributor.authorDaniel, Abhay
dc.contributor.authorBennett, Cameron
dc.contributor.authorCoulter, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorLooke, David FM
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:20:25Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:20:25Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-06-17T23:04:38Z
dc.identifier.issn0036-5548
dc.identifier.doi10.3109/00365548.2012.664779
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/47718
dc.description.abstractInfective endocarditis is a common complication of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia, but literature reports of community- associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus (CA-MRSA) endocarditis are relatively uncommon and mostly comprise intravenous drug users (IVDUs) with the USA300 strain. We report 5 cases of CA-MRSA endocarditis in previously healthy young Australian adults, 4 in IVDUs. Morbidity was high with frequent septic emboli; 3 patients required cardiac surgery and 1 patient died. Typing revealed the 2 most common Australian strains, the Panton - Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive ST93 (Queensland) strain and the PVL-negative ST1 (WA-MRSA-1) strain.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInforma Healthcare
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom536
dc.relation.ispartofpageto540
dc.relation.ispartofissue7
dc.relation.ispartofjournalScandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
dc.relation.ispartofvolume44
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.titleCommunity-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis ‘down under’: Case series and literature review
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorNimmo, Graeme R.


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