Severe bacteremia community-acquired methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia in a young adult

Dear editor,Adults with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(CA-MRSA)are prone to necrotizing pneumonia,bacteremia,and high mortality.Several studies have reported the disease worldwide,but only a few cases of CA-MRSA pneumonia in children and adolescents have been reported in China.[1]No CA-MRSA was detected in the pathogens of community-acquired respiratory tract infections in Chinese adults from 2009 to 2010.During the influenza epidemic,such as COVID-19,viral infections are followed by repeated bacterial infections,and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus(MSSA)and MRSA pneumonia are known complications.[2]Thus,identifying and treating these infections is a tricky clinical issue.A case of CA-MRSA pneumonia with bloodstream infection and pneumothorax was successfully treated in our hospital in January 2018.Herein,we presented a case report based on previous studies.