Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the practice of otolaryngology - An emerging community acquired organism?

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-183

  Collins, Michael ^a   Tami, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; MINOCYCLINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BURN; DEVICE INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OTORRHEA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0038646363     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200306000-00009     Document Type: Review

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