Abstract
We report the first case of a previously healthy term 5 week old infant with no known
risk factors who developed a frontal lobe abscess from community-acquired methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). To date, only 16 cases of invasive CA-MRSA with central
nervous system involvement have been previously described, but the incidence of CA-MRSA
has surged within the last decade, creating a growing impact on public health. Increasing
numbers of invasive infections caused by CA-MRSA in previously healthy individuals
is of particular concern, and the highest rates of these infections are in children.
As CA-MRSA continues to spread and develop further antibiotic resistance, cases of
invasive diseases as described in this report may become more common.
Keywords
Staphylococcal aureus
- methicillin-resistant - community-acquired - infant - abscess - invasive
