Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and athletes

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 494-502

  Kirkland, Eugene Brent ^a   Adams, Brian B ^b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALEXIN; CEFTOBIPROLE; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERTAPENEM; ERYTHROMYCIN; HEXACHLOROPHENE; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PANIPENEM; POVIDONE IODINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TIGECYCLINE; TRICLOSAN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATHLETE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BASKETBALL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; FOOTBALL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RUGBY; SKIN INCISION; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VOLLEYBALL; WEIGHT LIFTING; WOUND DRAINAGE; WRESTLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SPORTS; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 48749106665     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.04.016     Document Type: Review

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