Use of Routine Wound Cultures to Evaluate Cutaneous Abscesses for Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-67

  Abrahamian, Fredrick M ^a   Shroff, Sunil D ^a  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; LINEZOLID; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELLULITIS; COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES; WOUND;

EID: 34250330430     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.01.019     Document Type: Note

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