Emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus soft tissue infections

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 765-768

  Olesevich, Max ^a   Kennedy, Alfred ^a  

^a East Tennessee Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired MRSA; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TENNESSEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248147142     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.12.027     Document Type: Article

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