Rapid Review Quiz: Recent Advances in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Stephen Soreff, MD

April 25, 2024

Staphylococcus aureus is part of the normal flora known to colonize the urogenital and upper respiratory tracts. Although any type of S aureus can cause acute and chronic infections in humans, methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) poses a greater health threat with limited treatment options. Infections with community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) and hospital-acquired MRSA HA-MRSA) have increased among older patients in care centers in recent years, and at least one meta-analysis has found that MRSA colonization among community-dwelling adults aged 40-85 years is associated with a significantly increased all-cause mortality risk. In addition, MRSA infections have been associated with infection-attributable intensive care unit (ICU) mortality, length of ICU stay, postinfection length of stay, and septic shock.

Are you aware of recent advances in research into CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA infections and how this new information might affect your patients? Find out with this quick quiz.

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