Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 31, Issue 20 , Pages 153-160, 15 October 2009

Epidemiology and Virulence of Community-Associated MRSA

  • Adam D. Kennedy, Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Frank R. DeLeo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Frank R. DeLeo, Ph.D., Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH, 903 S. 4th St., Hamilton, MT 59840. Tel.: 406-363-9448

Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840

Abstract 

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) emerged unexpectedly in the 1990s and is now a problem worldwide. CA-MRSA is epidemic in the United States and is the most common cause of community-associated bacterial infections. Here, we provide a basic overview of CA-MRSA epidemiology and discuss molecules that contribute to the enhanced virulence phenotype of this pathogen.

 

PII: S0196-4399(09)00046-4

doi:10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2009.09.004

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 31, Issue 20 , Pages 153-160, 15 October 2009

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