Body piercing is a type of self-expression which is based on creating a hole in the skin, subcutaneous tissue or cartilage in order to be able to insert jewellery. The aim was to report severe CA-MRSA infections in two patients, one adult and one child, from different teaching hospitals, in the same period of time and both of them had penetrating implantation as a risk factor. The two isolates were CA-MRSA PVL (+), spa t019, cassette IV and ST30. Referring to the clonal relationship, PFGE

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... that both isolates were closely related, indicating that they were probably part of the outbreak. It was not possible to investigate if the piercing setter was the same person in both cases. Mutlu B. Comparison of risk-taking behaviour and frequency of piercing and tattooing among university students. JPak Med Assoc. 2015;65(6):587-592. 3. Purim KSM, Rosario BA, Rosario CS, Guimarães ATB. Piercings in medical students and their effects on the skin. An Bras Dermatol. 2014;89(6):905-910. Méndez EA, et al. J Bacteriol Parasitol, Vol.10 Iss.2 No:356 18. Tenover FC, Arbeit RD, Goering RV, Mickelsen PA, Murray BE, Persing DH, et al. Interpreting chromosomal DNA restriction patterns produced by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis: criteria for bacterial strain typing. J Clin Microbiol 1995;33(9):2233-2239. Méndez EA, et al.