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Table 2 Medical history of the 7 patients with a LA-MRSA infection

From: Impact of livestock-associated MRSA in a hospital setting

Pt

Age/gender/Spa type

Type of infection

Treatment

Animal contact

Extra

1

40/male/t011

External otitis

Surgical cleansing, no antibiotic treatment

Pig farmer

Cured

2

90/male/t567

Pleural empya

Surgical drainage, quinelones and rifampin

None

Post infectious sterile pleural effusion, surgically drained and secondarily infected through drain (colonized) with LA-MRSA

3

41/male/t011

Abscess finger

Incision and drainage no antibiotic treatment

Butcher

Abscess of trauma with knife, wound cured.

4

89/male/t108

Abcess tooth/jaw

Incision and drainage (2x) no antibiotic treatment

None

Cured

5

60/male/t108

Wound infection of lymphnode biopsie

No specific treatment

Horse farm

T cell lymphoma, wound infection cured

6

80/female/t011

Conjunctivitis

Topical antibiotics (fusidinic acid)

None

Conjunctivitis occurred during stay on ICU for gram negative urosepsis. Conjunctivitis cured

7

40/female/t011

Toe wound

Numerous antibiotics

None

Wound occurred after a visit to Turkey. Wound cured.