dc.contributor.author | Townell, Nicola J | |
dc.contributor.author | Munckhof, Wendy J | |
dc.contributor.author | Nimmo, Graeme | |
dc.contributor.author | Bannan, Aiveen | |
dc.contributor.author | Holley, Anthony | |
dc.contributor.author | Daniel, Abhay | |
dc.contributor.author | Bennett, Cameron | |
dc.contributor.author | Coulter, Christopher | |
dc.contributor.author | Looke, David FM | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T14:20:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T14:20:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.date.modified | 2013-06-17T23:04:38Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0036-5548 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3109/00365548.2012.664779 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/47718 | |
dc.description.abstract | Infective 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.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Informa Healthcare | |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 536 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 540 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 7 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 44 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Clinical sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3202 | |
dc.title | Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis ‘down under’: Case series and literature review | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.date.issued | 2012 | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Nimmo, Graeme R. | |