Methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infection among children.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has emerged as a pathogen associated with community-acquired infections worldwide. We report the spectrum of community-acquired S. aureus infections and compare the patients infected with methicillin-susceptible or methicillin-resistant strains among patients aged <20 years.

Osteogenesis imperfecta in pregnancy. Case report.

Background And Objectives: Osteogenesis Imperfecta is a rare condition, especially in obstetric patients. It has an estimated prevalence of 1/10,000 in the general population, and 1/25,000 to 30,000 in obstetric patients. The objective of this report was to present a rare case of a pregnant woman with Osteogenesis Imperfecta undergoing cesarean section.

Resistance to methicillin and other antimicrobials among community-acquired and nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus strains in a pediatric teaching hospital in Salvador, Northeast Brazil.

To report the frequency of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and to compare the antimicrobial resistance patterns between community-acquired (CA) and nosocomial (NI) strains stratified for resistance to methicillin, this retrospective study on patients under 20 years of age was conducted from April 1995 to December 2005 in a pediatric teaching hospital in Salvador, Brazil. Of 308 S. aureus strains isolated, 185 (60.