Staphylococcus aureus

Record number:

Adverse Occurrence type:

Staphylococcus

MPHO Type:

Lung

Time to detection:

3 - 6 days

Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:

Tracheobronchitis, cutaneous infection, pneumonia.

Demonstration of imputability or root cause:

Donor 1: blood culture found to be positive for MSSA. Recipient 1: fever and purulent sputum with culture positive for the same MSSA strain. Donor 2: lung colonization. Recipient 2: skin infection. Donor 3 & 4: lung colonization. Recipient 3 & 4: pneumonia by MSSA

Imputability grade:

2 Probable

Keywords:

MSSA (methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus)