Research monograph on community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA),a population based study,present important information on CA-MRSA in East Malaysian children that nclude:sequence type(ST)30-SCCmec,IV-PVL,ST 239SCCmec 111-PVL negative-spa type t037 and ST45-SCCmec 1V-PV-negative.Monograph will be useful to infectious disease researchers, healthcare workers and researchers interested to detect and prevent the spread of CA-MRSA.