Genital Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infection Can Be a Sexually Transmitted Disease

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-94

  Roberts, James R ^a   McCawley, Leonard ^a   Laxton, Mary ^a   Trumbo, Henry ^a  

^a Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVA;

EID: 34250174513     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.02.027     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Cook H.A., Furuya E.Y., Larson E., et al. Heterosexual transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Clin Infect Dis 44 (2007) 410-413
2. Roberts J.R. Community-acquired MRSA: still virulent. Emerg Med News 28 (2006) 32-35
3. Roberts J.R. Treating CA-MRSA soft tissue infections. Emerg Med News 28 (2006) 23-26