Outcomes of community-acquired, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, soft tissue infections treated with antibiotics other than vancomycin

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 504-507

  Barnes II, Edward V ^a   Dooley, David P ^a,b   Hepburn, Matthew J ^a,c   Baum, Sue E ^a,d  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Waco Infectious Disease Associates   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

EID: 33745042494     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.6.504     Document Type: Review

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