Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Dispatch
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Canoe Camp
Kathryn Como-Sabetti*
, Kathleen Harriman*, Billie Juni*, Amy Westbrook*, Elizabeth Cebelinski*, David Boxrud*, and Ruth Lynfield*
, Kathleen Harriman*, Billie Juni*, Amy Westbrook*, Elizabeth Cebelinski*, David Boxrud*, and Ruth Lynfield*
Table
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, canoe camp, Minnesota, USA, 2004*
| Case-patient | Clinical progression |
|---|---|
| 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.
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