Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia in a children's hospital. Our ten-year experience.

Introduction: Community-acquired methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections have increased in recent years. CAMRSA necrotizing pneumonia and empyema are now more common in children.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of CA-MRSA pneumonia and its clinical and epidemiological characteristics compared to Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) pneumonia in the same population.

[Clinical- epidemiological characteristics and predictors of coronary complications in children of Argentina with Kawasaki disease].

Background: Kawasaki disease (EK) is an acute systemic vasculitis with a risk of developing coronary aneurysms.

Aim: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children with EK in Argentina and to analyse the risk factors for the development of coronary's complications (CC).

Methods: Multicenter, retrospective, cross-sectional, observational and analytical study.

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: 10-years' experience in a children's hospital in the city of Rosario, Argentina.

Introduction: Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections are a common reason for consultation in pediatrics. Most of them present as skin and soft tissue infections; however, invasive infections have increased during the last decade.

Objectives: The main objective was to describe the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of CA-MRSA infections.