Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Dispatch
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Canoe Camp
Table
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, canoe camp, Minnesota, USA, 2004*
Case-patient | Clinical progression |
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1 | Reported mosquito bite on knee; evacuated from camp because of knee injury. |
Airlifted from clinic to hospital because of septic shock; required supportive care and knee debridement. | |
Empirically treated with intravenous clindamycin. | |
Had MRSA-positive joint culture and surgical specimens from knee, negative blood cultures. | |
Treated with clindamycin, nafcillin, vancomycin, and linezolid. | |
Hospitalized 11 d; had no long-term sequelae. | |
2 | Knee stiffness and fever developed on the way home from camp. |
Did not report specific knee abrasion or injury. | |
Admitted to hospital and underwent knee debridement. | |
Empirically treated with intravenous cefazolin. | |
Had MRSA-positive joint cultures and surgical specimens from knee. | |
Treated with clindamycin. | |
Hospitalized for 4 d; had no long-term sequelae. | |
3 | Developed a forearm abscess 1 mo after trip. |
Did not report specific skin abrasion or injury. | |
Skin culture was positive for MRSA. | |
Treated with oral clindamycin. | |
Was not hospitalized; had no long-term sequelae.
*MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. |
*MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.