Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections in men who have sex with men in New York City [2]

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 854-857

  Shastry, Lalita ^b   Rahimian, Joseph ^a   Lascher, Steven ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RECURRENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS;

EID: 34247514726     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.8.854     Document Type: Letter

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