Community-acquired MRSA epiduritis in an Australian prison inmate [2]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 650-651

  van Hal, Sebastian J M ^a   Post, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 3042812287     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06134.x     Document Type: Letter

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3. Outbreaks of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections - Los Angeles County, California, 2002-2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2003; 52: 88.
4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in correctional facilities - Georgia, California, and Texas, 2001-2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2003; 52: 992-996.
5. Federal Bureau of Prisons. Clinical pratice guidelines for the management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. Available at: www.bop.gov/hsdpg/hsdcpgstaph.pdf (accessed Apr 2004).