Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the major multidrug-resistant bacteria which have become endemic in the hospital environment, particularly in intensive care units (ICUs). Originally limited to the hospital setting, MRSA is a growing cause of infections in the community. Community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) strains are genetically different from MRSA strains originating in the hospital. Its increase in the community is of concern because CA-MRSA strains appear to be highly virulent, and colonization with CA-MRSA is often undetected in hospitalized patients, which can facilitate its potential for becoming resistant to multiple antibiotics. Health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) is usually associated with pneumonia, urinary tract, blood stream, and surgical wound infections. In contrast, CA-MRSA strains are overwhelmingly associated with skin and soft tissue infections.
Category
Bacterial infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
21 Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified
General symptoms, signs or clinical findings
Finding of microorganism resistant to antimicrobial drugs
MG51 Finding of gram positive bacteria resistant to antimicrobial drugs
H00330 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal aureus (MRSA) infection
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
Infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria
H00330 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal aureus (MRSA) infection
