MRSA News

The CDC estimated that every year, 2 million people will become ill with an antibiotic-resistant infection, of which approximately 23,000 will die. Antimicrobial stewardship programs have been implemented across US hospitals in response to this growing health threat.

An antibiotic protocol that determined antibiotic use based on risk for healthcare-associated infections increased appropriate prescription of antibiotics in a pediatric ICU.

Full genome sequencing could provide insight into the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in high transmission institutions with limited resources, according to recent data.

Genes responsible for transferring vancomycin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus have declined since 2009, according to recent data.

NEW YORK — Clindamycin may be a more effective treatment for skin and soft tissue infections in children compared with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, according to data presented at the 2014 Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium.

PHILADELPHIA — Contact sport athletes were more likely to carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus compared with non-contact sport athletes, according to data presented at IDWeek 2014.

Recent data show MRSA was found on commonly handled household surfaces in homes of children with MRSA, likely contributing to transmission and recurrent infection.

Use of daptomycin among children is uncommon but increasing, according to study findings in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.

Prolonged treatment durations and antibiotics with a broad spectrum of gram-negative activity are often administered to pediatric patients hospitalized with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection, according to recent study findings published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

A 14-year-old male is transferred from a community hospital for evaluation and treatment of a right retro-orbital mass with headache, nausea, vomiting and dysconjugate gaze with diplopia. The history of his illness began about 1 week before this admission, with symptoms being fairly consistent. He has had no injury to the head or eye, and no fever recorded, but has felt warm at times. He was first seen at a different community hospital ED about 3 days into the illness and diagnosed with migraines and treated accordingly, but was also given a injection of an antibiotic (records not available, presumably ceftriaxone).