Bacteremic necrotizing mediastinitis caused by community-associated clonal complex 398 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a baby aged 4 months

Abstract

Invasive community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) diseases caused by clonal complex 398 MRSA without animal contact have become a new emerging threat. We report a case of bacteremic mediastinitis caused by a Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive community-associated sequence type 1232 MRSA in a Taiwanese baby aged 4 months without animal contact.

Keywords

• Clonal complex 398
• MRSA
• Mediastinitis
• Pediatric
• ST 1232