Menif Khaled, Bouziri Asma, Khaldi Ammar, Hamdi Asma, Belhadj Sarra, Borgi Aida, Fitouri Zahra, Ben Jaballah Najla
Pediatric intensive care unit, Children's Hospital of Tunis, Tunisia.
J Infect Dev Ctries. 2011 Aug 12;5(8):587-91. doi: 10.3855/jidc.1565.
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infection is an increasing problem worldwide. In developing countries, there is little data on CA-MRSA infection in children. This study reviewed the clinical features and outcomes of children admitted in a Tunisian pediatric intensive care unit with severe CA-MRSA infections.
Retrospective chart review of patients coded for CA-MRSA over 10 years.
There were 14 (0.32% of all admissions) patients identified with severe CA-MRSA infections. The median age was three months (range, 0.5-156 months). All patients had pulmonary involvement. Six children (42.8%) developed septic shock. Two (14.3%) patients had multifocal infection with deep venous thrombosis. Two (14.3%) patients died.
Severe CA-MRSA pneumonia dominated presentation. The mortality of CA-MRSA infection in our series is lower than that previously reported.
社区获得性耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌(CA-MRSA)感染在全球范围内日益严重。在发展中国家,关于儿童CA-MRSA感染的数据很少。本研究回顾了突尼斯一家儿科重症监护病房收治的患有严重CA-MRSA感染儿童的临床特征和转归。
对10年间编码为CA-MRSA的患者进行回顾性病历审查。
共识别出14例(占所有入院患者的0.32%)患有严重CA-MRSA感染的患者。中位年龄为3个月(范围0.5 - 156个月)。所有患者均有肺部受累。6名儿童(42.8%)发生感染性休克。2名(14.3%)患者发生多灶性感染并伴有深静脉血栓形成。2名(14.3%)患者死亡。
严重的CA-MRSA肺炎是主要表现形式。我们系列研究中CA-MRSA感染的死亡率低于先前报道。