Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections requiring admission to a Tunisian pediatric intensive care unit
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Khaled, Menif; Asma, Bouziri; Ammar, Khaldi; Asma, Hamdi; Sarra, Belhadj; Aida, Borgi; Najla, Ben Jaballah
- Source
- La Tunisie medicale. 89(10)
- Subject
- Community-Acquired Infections
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Tunisia
Child, Preschool
Infant, Newborn
Pneumonia, Bacterial
Humans
Infant
Length of Stay
Staphylococcal Infections
Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
Retrospective Studies
- Language
- ISSN
- 0041-4131
There is limited literature describing severe community acquired methicillin-resistant S aureus (CA-MRSA) in children admitted to an intensive care unit.To review clinical features and outcome of children admitted in a Tunisian pediatric intensive care with CA-MRSA.Retrospective chart review of patients coded for CAMRSA over 10 years.There were 14 (0.32% of all admissions) patients identified with severe CA-MRSA. The median age was 3 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 reported in the literature.