2Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago,
Articles by 2Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago,
Community-acquired MRSA pericarditis
ByAnupama Shivaraju, MD1,Jane Luu, MD1,Christina Bratis, MD1,Nausheen Akhter, MD2,Thomas Stamos, MD2: From the Departments of 1Internal Medicine,2Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Only 2 cases of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) pericarditis have been reported in the English literature. Over the last 15 years, CA-MRSA has emerged as an increasingly common pathogen that is genetically and epidemiologically different from hospital-acquired MRSA (HA-MRSA).