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CA-MRSA: The New Sports Pathogen.

Kurkowski C

Christina Kurkowski, MS, RN, ONC, ONC-P, CNOR, APNP, RNFA at Ministry Medical Group and Adult Nurse Practitioner at Thedacare Physicians-Waupaca Family Medicine, Plover, WI.

Skin infections in athletes caused by community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) have been observed within many cities throughout the United States and within many countries throughout the world (). As the incidence rises in the athletic population, clinicians must learn to identify risk factors for CA-MRSA, diagnosis and treat infections with judicious use of antimicrobial agents and facilitate strategies to limit transmission. Recently, a new consensus guideline for handling CA-MRSA outbreaks in sports has been released by the CDC (). This article includes a review of the evolution of MRSA; distinguishes between healthcare associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) and CA-MRSA; and reviews the diagnosis, management, and prevention strategies to limit transmission of CA-MRSA.

Published 8 October 2007 in Orthop Nurs, 26(5): 310-4.
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