General Physician, Universidad del SinĂº, MonterĂa, Colombia, Colombia
Review Article
Staphylococcus Aureus Infections, Frequent Clinical Presentations In pediatrics, Sensitivity in the Last 3 Years in Monteria, Colombia
Author(s): Alexandra Zapata Botero*, Dayana Romero Rico and Jiseth Paola Avilez Aleman
Introduction: In the last decade, Staphylococcus aureus has been one of the main pathogens that has had a negative impact on human health, mainly in the pediatric population, given its particular virulence characteristics that give it a high capacity to produce a wide range of diseases, of which it is estimated that up to 70% of these are caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) without associated risk factors. The following analytical, descriptive and retrospective study evaluates and analyzes the prevalence rates of cause of admission and cases associated with pediatric infections caused by community-acquired resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a clinic in the city of Monteria, Cordoba, Colombia.
Objectives: To analyze the behavior of MRSA-ACS infections in the pediatric population in a clinic in th.. View More»