Table 2. Populations at increased risk of community-associated MRSA (adapted from references 20, 3234 and 38)

Risk groups

Children <2 years old
Athletes (mainly contact-sport participants)
Injection drug users
Men who have sex with men
Military personnel
Inmates of correctional facilities, residential homes or shelters
Vets, pet owners and pig farmers
Patients with post-flu-like illness and/or severe pneumonia
Patients with concurrent SSTI
History of colonization or recent infection with CA-MRSA
History of antibiotic consumption in the previous year, particularly quinolones or macrolides