Outcomes and Treatment of Chronic Methicillin-Resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Differs by Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome<i>mec</i>(SCC<i>mec</i>) Type in Children With Cystic Fibrosis

Abstract

Participants harboring chronic SCCmec II MRSA received more antibiotics and may have more lung disease than those with SCCmec IV; PVL(+) isolates were not associated with more advanced disease.