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Emergence of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Type IV Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a Cause of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

D. Neofytos ,
B. Kuhn ,
S. Shen ,
X. Hua Zhu ,
D. Jungkind  and
P. Flomenberg
D. Neofytos*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B. Kuhn
Affiliation:
Microbiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
S. Shen
Affiliation:
Microbiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
P. Flomenberg
Affiliation:
Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*
Division of Infectious Diseases and Environmental Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, 125 South 9th Street, Suite 403, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (dionissios.neofytos@mail.tju.edu)
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Abstract

Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type IV methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains were identified in 8 (19.5%) of 41 consecutive patients with MRSA ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in this retrospective, observational study. There were no significant differences in VAP severity and crude mortality rates between patients with SCCmec type II strains and patients with SCCmec type IV strains.

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 10 , October 2007 , pp. 1206 - 1209
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007 

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