Similar Clinical Severity and Outcomes for Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Pediatric Musculoskeletal Infections.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior studies of pediatric musculoskeletal infection have suggested that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections result in worse outcomes compared with infections with methicillin-susceptible S aureus (MSSA) strains. Based on these results, clinical prediction algorithms have been developed to differentiate between MRSA and MSSA early in a patient's clinical course. This study compares hospital outcomes for pediatric patients with MRSA and MSSA musculoskeletal infection presenting to the emergency department at a large tertiary care children's hospital.

Methods

A retrospective study identified pediatric patients with S aureus musculoskeletal infection over a 5-year period (2008-2013) by sequential review of all pediatric

SUBMITTER: An TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5414090 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature