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. 2023 Jun 12:11:1212239.
doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1212239. eCollection 2023.

Community-acquired and healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections in a pediatric hospital in southern Brazil over 8 years: how common is MRSA?

Derrick Alexandre Fassbind  1 , Raíssa Queiroz Rezende  2 , Cícero Armídio Gomes Dias  3 , Fabrizio Motta  1
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Community-acquired and healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections in a pediatric hospital in southern Brazil over 8 years: how common is MRSA?

Derrick Alexandre Fassbind et al. Front Pediatr. .

Abstract

Backgrounds: Both healthcare-associated and community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are relevant in children. The objective of our study was to evaluate their impact in a pediatric hospital in southern Brazil.

Methods: Data from patients under 18 years of age with S. aureus infections between January 2013 and December 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Data were collected regarding infection site, infection type (community-acquired or healthcare-associated), susceptibility to oxacillin [methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) or MRSA] and other antimicrobials. We analyzed the evolution of the susceptibility rates for the isolates over this period.

Results: A total of 563 patients were included, among whom the prevalences of community- and hospital-acquired MRSA infections were 46.1% and 8.1%, respectively. No significant change occurred in these prevalences over the study period. In community-acquired infections, MSSA was significantly more associated with osteoarticular infections and MRSA was more associated with respiratory and intra-abdominal infections. In healthcare-associated infections, there was an association between MSSA and primary bloodstream infections and between MRSA, skin/soft tissue infections, and respiratory infections. Community-acquired MRSA were highly susceptible to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (96.1%), clindamycin (88.4%), and doxycycline (99.0%).

Conclusion: Our study draws attention to the high rates of MRSA in community-acquired staphylococcal infections in this population, indicating a need to review initial protocols for severe staphylococcal infections according to local epidemiology.

Keywords: MRSA - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus; children; community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA); healthcare-related infections.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Proportion of MRSA among all staphylococcal infections.
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CA-MRSA: evolution of antimicrobial susceptibility. TMP-SMX, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
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