Increasing use of extracorporeal life support in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sepsis in children.

Abstract

Pediatric cases of fulminant community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections requiring extracorporeal life support (ECLS) have been reported, but the frequency of ECLS use for severe presentations of staphylococcal disease is unknown.